The Times-Picayune 09-03-2025

Candidates focusonpolicyatforum

Activity in mayor’srace expected to ramp up

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

Three leading candidates for New Orleans mayor on Tuesday eveningdelved deepinto policy during agood-natured debate that came at apivotal moment in the city’s municipalraces.

Hosted by the Junior League of New Orleans, the Links, the National Council

of Jewish Women andWomen United, the forum focused closely on policies to uplift minorities, low-income New Orleanians, women and people with young children.

The candidates —astate senator,Royce Duplessis, plus twoCity Councilmembers, HelenaMoreno and Oliver Thomas —each pluggedlegislation they’vehelpedpassin thoseareas. And in arunning theme of the race, thecandidates vied to castthemselves as the most effectiveagent of change for a

city whose residents bemoan streets that crack too readily,apower grid that fails toofrequently and housing costs that have grown exorbitantly

The discussion at the Junior League’s Carondelet Street headquarters marked the start of apost-Labor Day periodwhenthe mayoral contest is expected to ramp up with more advertising buys anddebates. The race is buildingtoward an Oct. 11 primary followed by aNov.15runoff, if necessary

Though its tonewas mostlystaid, Tuesday’sforum cameata moment of intense jockeyingamong themajor candidates, as Duplessis seeks to capitalize on momentum

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Fast internet will reachrural La.under

Some communities feel left out

BY JENNA ROSS Staff writer

Fast, fiber internet is coming to Buras in Plaquemines Parish, fulfilling afederal grant aimedat bringing high-speedconnections to more rural areas

But after arewrite of rules for the program, fiber internet is no longer being planned for Lake Providence, in the state’snortheast corner In August,the stateOfficeof Broadband Development and Connectivity released the new awardees of ahighly anticipated, highly debated federal grant program meant to fuel broadband availability acrossthe country.Most

of the$499 million headed to Louisiana will go to fiber companies including Cajun Broadband, the homegrowncompany set to build in Plaqueminesand several other areas.

TheTrump administration rewrote the rules for the $42 billion Broadband Equity,Accessand Deployment grant program earlier this year.Some internet companies and activists feared that rural Louisiana residents would be left with few options beyond satellite service already available.And while some areas will now see satellite services instead of fiber, it’s only asmallslice of overall funding. SpaceX, the company expected to benefit from that rewrite, will receive just $7.7 million of Louisiana’sgrant allocation, or 1.5%.

Thestate’sdraft plan still needs approval from theNational Tele-

communications and Information Administration. Cajun Broadband, basedin Broussard,will get $18.2million to bring fiberto4,000 locations. That’slessthanthe $26.2million it would have receivedbefore the program’s revamp becausethe company, knowing that its previous winning bids werenow public information,lowered its bids this timearound “toprotect ourselves,” co-founder Chris Disher said.

“Thegoalofitwas to save the government money,and it did,” Disher said. “Andwecan still build what we want to.” In additiontoruralPlaquemines, Cajun will be running new fiber in NorthVermilion andWest St. Mary, Disher said. The Louisiana

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For Moreno, analysts say,the question

fights promotionofCOVID-19 vaccinefor kids

BY MARK BALLARD Staff writer

WASHINGTON U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Acadiana, is urging his colleaguestoban funding to organizations that promote the COVID-19 vaccine forkids.

“I urge the subcommittee to protect ourchildren and adolescents by prohibiting federal funding to state health departments andnational associations that promote the COVID-19 shot,” Higgins wrote in aletter Saturday to the House Appropriations subcommittee that is working on abill to fund

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

Acouple shares aquiet moment while riding the St.Charles Avenue streetcar on Monday. The city’s historic greencars have long beenpartof its love affair with both romanceand tradition.

Moreno Thomas Duplessis

Man charged with murder after prank HOUSTON Police have charged a Houston man with murder in the fatal shooting of an 11-yearold boy who knocked on the door of a home and ran away as a prank, police said Tuesday

The 42-year-old man, identified by authorities as Gonzalo Leon Jr was taken into custody and booked into the Harris County Jail in Houston early Tuesday On local property records, Leon matches the name of the owner of the home where police say the boy knocked on the door Court records did not list an attorney for Leon to comment on the allegations.

The boy, Julian Guzman, and a cousin had been attending a birthday party Saturday night when they “became bored and wanted to ring doorbells, or play ‘ding dong ditch,’” according to a probable cause affidavit. The prank commonly called “ding dong ditching” involves ringing a doorbell or knocking on a door and fleeing before someone inside opens the door Police departments around the country have issued public service announcements in recent months warning people that such actions aren’t funny but dangerous.

Iowa senator won’t seek 2026 reelection DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday that she will not seek reelection next year, confirming in a video post on social media that she will retire after months of speculation about her plans.

Ernst’s departure opens up a Senate seat in the state known for its long-serving incumbents. Ernst was first elected in 2014 to the open seat previously held by Tom Harkin, a Democrat who served for 30 years. Republican Chuck Grassley, Iowa’s senior U.S senator, was first elected to the Senate in 1980. Her announcement Tuesday followed reports last week that she was expected to announce her retirement in September In a video, Ernst cited her aging and growing family as a reason for opting out of a reelection bid.

“This was no easy decision,” Ernst said. “I never imagined this farm girl would have the opportunity to serve as a lieutenant colonel and then a United States senator.”

It is another unexpected retirement for Senate Republicans as they work to maintain their majority in the chamber with Ernst joining Sen. Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, who turned down a reelection bid after clashing with President Donald Trump. West Point restores Gen. Lee’s portrait

A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display in the West Point’s library, several years after the storied academy removed honors to the Civil War military leader.

There also are plans to restore a bust of Lee that had been removed from a plaza at the U.S. Military Academy, and a quote from Lee about honor that was removed from a separate plaza is now on display beneath the portrait, an Army spokesperson said Tuesday The items were removed to comply with a Department of Defense directive in 2022 that ordered the academy to address racial injustice and do away with installations that “commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy The Pentagon’s decision to rehang the portrait, which shows a Black man leading Lee’s horse in the background, was first reported by The New York Times. It had been hanging in the library since the 1950s before it was placed it in storage.

The actions at West Point come as the Trump administration restores Confederate names and monuments that had been removed in recent years.

“At West Point, the United States Military Academy is prepared to restore historical names, artifacts, and assets to their original form and place,” Rebecca Hodson, the Army’s communications director, said in a statement. “Under this administration, we honor our history and learn from it we don’t erase it.”

Space Command to move to Ala.

Trump says it will leave temporary headquarters in Colo.

BY SEUNG MIN KIM and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that U.S Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Bidenera decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado. The long-expected decision from Trump caps a four-year tug of war between two states and opposing administrations about where to locate U.S. Space Command, an intense fight because the headquarters would be a significant boon to the local economy. Alabama and Colorado have long battled

to claim Space Command, with elected officials from both states asserting their state is the better location.

“The U.S. Space Command headquarters will move to the beautiful locale of a place called Huntsville, Alabama, forever to be known from this point forward as Rocket City,” said Trump, flanked by Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation, from the Oval Office on Tuesday “We had a lot of competition for this and Alabama’s getting it.”

Trump said Huntsville won the race for the Space Command headquarters, in part, because “they fought harder for it than anybody else.”

GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor of Alabama, said Huntsville is the “perfect place” for the headquarters and suggested it be named after

Trump. And Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt, who stood next to Trump during the announcement, thanked Trump for “restoring Space Command to its rightful home.”

“The Biden administration chose to make this political,” she said. “What we want to do is put the safety and security of Americans first. We want to make sure our American war fighter is put first.”

U.S. Space Command said in a statement on X after the announcement that it “stands ready to carry out the direction of the President following today’s announcement of Huntsville, Alabama as the command’s permanent headquarters location.” Its functions include conducting operations like enabling satellite-based navigation and troop communication and providing warning of missile launches.

Rescuers race to find Afghan quake survivors

Death toll passes 1,400

By The Associated Press

JALALABAD, Afghanistan The United Nations warned of an exponential rise in casualties from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as the Taliban said the death toll passed 1,400 on Tuesday with more than 3,000 people injured.

The figures provided by Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid were just for the province of Kunar

Sunday night’s powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck several provinces, causing extensive damage. It flattened villages and trapped people under the rubble of homes constructed mostly of mud bricks and wood that were unable to withstand the shock.

Rough terrain is hampering rescue and relief efforts, forcing Taliban authorities to air-drop dozens of commandos to evacuate the injured from places where helicopters cannot land.

Aid agency Save the Children said one

of its teams walked for over 12 miles to reach villages cut off by rock falls, carrying medical equipment on their backs with the help of community members.

An aftershock of 5.2 close to the epicenter of Sunday’s quake rattled the area on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey There were no immediate reports of damage.

Indrika Ratwatte, the U.N.’s resident coordinator for Afghanistan, said rescuers are scrambling in a “race against time” to reach the mountainous and remote area hit. In a media briefing in Geneva Tuesday, he warned of a surge in casualty numbers.

“We cannot afford to forget the people of Afghanistan who are facing multiple crises, multiple shocks, and the resilience of the communities has been saturated,” Ratwatte said, while urging the international community to step forward.

“These are life and death decisions while we race against time to reach people,” he said.

It is the third major earthquake since the Taliban seized power in 2021.

Graham Greene, actor best known for ‘Dances with Wolves’, dies at 73

BY MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press

NEW YORK — Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and successful career on the big and small screen included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in “Dances with Wolves,” has died. He was 73. Greene died Monday in Stratford, Ontario, after a long battle with an unspecified illness. Variety first reported the news on Monday night. A representative for Greene did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment.

Born in June 1952 in Ohsweken, Ontario, on Canada’s Six Nations Reserve, Greene worked as a draftsman, high steelworker, welder and carpenter before becoming an actor in the 1970s, beginning with the 1979 Canadian drama series “The

in 1994’s “Maverick,” 1995’s “Die Hard with a Vengeance,” 2012’s “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” and 2017’s “Wind River.”

Great Detective” and 1983 film “Running Brave.”

He is best known for his landmark role as Kicking Bird in the 1990 film “Dances with Wolves.” Greene’s 1991 Oscar nomination was one of 12 the movie earned. It won seven, including the top prize of best picture and best director for Kevin Costner Greene also starred as Arlen Bitterbuck in the 1999 Tom Hanks project, “The Green Mile.” Greene had a storied career, also appearing

He also acted in many critically acclaimed television programs, including “Reservation Dogs,” “1883,” “The Last of Us” and “Tulsa King.” In 2000, Greene’s “Listen to the Storyteller” won a Grammy for best spoken word album for children. He also starred as elder Chief Rains Fall in the massively popular 2018 video game “Red Dead Redemption 2.” He was also nominated for an Independent Spirit award for the 2002 film “Skins,” which documented life on the Lakota Sioux reservation. Greene broke barriers for Native actors, demonstrating through his singular talent that Indigenous stories should and must be told by them.

Huntsville, Alabama, nicknamed Rocket City, has long been home to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command is also located in Huntsville, which drew its nickname because of its role in building the first rockets for the U.S. space program.

Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle said about 1,400 Space Command jobs will transition to Redstone Arsenal over the next five years.

“This decision is not about what’s best for Huntsville it’s about being mission-focused,” said Battle.

“The decision to locate U.S. Space Command at Redstone ensures our nation is prepared to meet growing challenges in space. Huntsville is ready with our experienced workforce, resilient infrastructure and deep commitment to national defense.”

Judge set to hear Boeing crash case

BY LISA LEFF and RIO YAMAT Associated Press

Families who lost loved ones in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners may get their last chance to demand the company face criminal prosecution Wednesday That’s when a federal judge in Texas is set to hear arguments on a U.S. government motion to dismiss a felony charge against Boeing.

U.S. prosecutors charged Boeing with conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with the crashes that killed 346 people off the coast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia. Federal prosecutors alleged Boeing deceived government regulators about a flight-control system that was later implicated in the fatal flights, which took place less than five months apart in 2018 and 2019.

Boeing decided to plead guilty instead of going to trial, but U.S. District Chief Judge Reed O’Connor rejected the aircraft maker’s plea agreement in December O’Connor, who also will consider whether to let prosecutors dismiss the

conspiracy charge, objected to diversity, equity and inclusion policies potentially influencing the selection of an independent monitor to oversee the company’s promised reforms. Lawyers representing relatives of some of the passengers who died cheered O’Connor’s decision, hoping it would further their goal of seeing former Boeing executives prosecuted during a public trial and more severe financial punishment for the company Instead, the delay worked to Boeing’s favor The judge’s refusal to accept the agreement meant the company was free to challenge the Justice Department’s rationale for charging Boeing as a corporation. It also meant prosecutors would have to secure a new deal for a guilty plea. The government and Boeing spent six months renegotiating their plea deal. During that time, President Donald Trump returned to office and ordered an end to the diversity initiatives that gave O’Connor pause.

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Graham Greene died Monday after a long battle with an unspecified illness.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By WAHIDULLAH KAKAR

A house in the Dara Noor, Kunar, province is devastated by Sunday’s powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that killed more than 1,400 people and destroyed villages.

Judge: Trumpillegally deployed troops to L.A.

Presidentcan’t create anationalpolice force, ruling says

BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press

er citiesacross thecountry,including Oaklandand San Francisco, and that raises concerns they are “creating anational police force with the President as its chief.”

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SAN FRANCISCO —A federal judge ruled Tuesday that PresidentDonald Trump’sadministration “willfully” broke federal law by sending National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area in early June after days of protests over immigration raids In the 52-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyerin San Francisco noted Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have stated their intention to deploy NationalGuard troopstooth-

Breyer did not requirethe 300 remainingsoldierstoleavebut pointedout theyreceived impropertrainingand ordered the administration to stop using them “to executethe laws.” The order that applies only to California will takeeffect Sept. 12.

The White House indicated the government plans to appeal.

“Once again,arogue judgeistryingtousurp the authority of the Commander-in-Chief to protect American cities from violence and destruction,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in astatement

It was unclear if theorder could setaprecedentthatcould impact plans by Trump, whohas discussed National Guarddeployments in Democratic-led cities like Chicago, Baltimoreand New York. Trump

has already deployed theguard as part of his unprecedented law enforcement takeover targeting crime, immigration and homelessness in Washington, where he has direct legalcontrol over theDistrict of Columbia National Guard.

Breyer said in his ruling that the Trumpadministration used troops for functions that werebarred by theirown training materials,refused to “meaningfully coordinate with state and local officials” and “‘coached’ ”federal law enforcement agencies on the language to use when requesting the Guard’s assistance.

He said the government knew “theywereordering troopstoexecutedomestic law beyond their usualauthority” in using “armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor)and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate amilitary presence in and around Los Ange-

Some Epsteinfiles arereleased

BY STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press

WASHINGTON TheHouse Oversight Committee on Tuesdaypubliclypostedthe files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.

The folders contained hundredsofimage files of yearsold court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell. They also contained video files appearing to be bodycam footage from police searches, as well as law enforcement interviews with victims with their faces obscured.

The Justice Department released the files to the committee in response to asubpoena, but the filesmostly contain information that was already publicly known. Still, pressure is growing in Congress for lawmakers

to act to force greater disclosure in thecase.

HouseRepublicanSpeak-

er Mike Johnson is trying to quell an effort by Democrats and someRepublicans to force avote on abill that would require the Justice Department to releaseall the informationin theso-called Epstein files,with the exceptionofthe victims’ personal information.

Acting quickly,lawmakers pressing for the full release of the so-called Epstein files launched acampaign for the House to take up their bill. Meanwhile,Johnsonand abipartisan group of lawmakers metwith survivors of abuse by Epstein and former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell

“The objective here is not justtouncover, investigate theEpsteinevils, but alsoto ensurethatthisneverhappens again andultimately to find out why justicehas been delayed for these ladies for so very long,” said Johnson,

R-La., after he emerged from atwo-hour meetingwith six of the survivors. “It is inexcusable. And it will stop now because the Congress is dialed in on this,” he added. Butthere arestill intense disagreements on how lawmakersshould proceed. Johnson is pressing for the inquiry to be handled by the House Oversight Committee andputtingforwarda resolution thatdirects the committeetopublicly release its findings.

Thefiles released Tuesday included audioofanEpstein employeedescribing to alaw enforcementofficial how “there werealot of girls that were very,very young” visiting the home but couldn’tsay for sure if they wereminors. Over the course of Epstein’svisitstothe home, the man said more thanadozen girls mightvisit,and that he wascharged with cleaning the room where Epsteinhad massages, twicedaily

Breyer barred troops from such actions, includingmaking arrests, searches, acting as informants andcollecting evidence. Californiasuedoverthe deploymentoftroops, saying it violates the Posse Comitatus Act, a1878 law that prohibitsmilitary enforcement of domestic laws. Lawyers for the Trump administration argued the Posse ComitatusAct doesn’tapply because the troops were protecting federalofficers, notenforcing laws,and that the president had theauthority to call on the troops.

when the president is otherwise unable “to execute the laws of the United States.”

The deployment appeared to be the first time in decades that astate’s National Guard was activated without arequest from its governor,asignificant escalation against those who have sought to hinder the administration’s mass deportation efforts.

Trump federalized members of theCalifornia NationalGuard undersection 12406 of Title 10, which allows the president to call the guard into federalservice when the country “is invaded,” when “there is arebellion or danger of arebellionagainst the authority of the Government,”or

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in response, blocking offa major freeway andsetting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to control the crowd.

DemocraticGov.Gavin Newsom said in astatement the court sided with democracy.“No president is aking —not even Trump —and no president can trample astate’s power to protect its people,” he said.

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Local Fiber Consortium, the program’sbiggest awardee, will receive $378 millionto extend fiber to 68,500 homes and businesses.

But one area that had expected fiber saw things flip under the tweaked grant program: Lake Providence. Last year,Conexon, which builds fiber internet networks in rural areas, had been pickedtoconnect the small city in East Carroll Parish with a$6.2 million grant. Conexon has history in the area: With the help of an earlier stategrant program, known as GUMBO, the company brought 325 miles of fiber to 1,400 households and businesses outside of town. But this month, Conexon learnedthat SpaceXhad won broadband grant funding there.

Starlink, operated by SpaceX, is already available in Lake Providence. It’s unclear how SpaceX plans to use the $150,000 it received for the area. Aspokesperson did not respond to an email last week. But many residents who envy their rural neighbors’ fiber internet said they’re disappointed.

“We’re back to square one,” said Wanda Manning, aretired teacher who, with the nonprofit Delta Interfaith, has been pushingfor faster,cheaper internet. “I think it’sworsethan square one.” Manning was “blessed”to have Starlink afew years back, thanks to agrant aimed at students and educators, and it worked well But when that grant ended, she balked at the service’s

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remains whether the City Council vice president can harness enough supportto win in the primary by securing at 50% of the vote.

Poll after poll has shown her notching votes from just under halfofNew Orleanians in the primary,while Duplessis recently edged past Thomas as the projected second-place candidate, buoyed by retired judge ArthurHunter’sexit from the field. Hunter has been campaigning for Duplessis.

WDSU-TV anchor Gina Swanson, the moderator for Tuesday’sforum, setacordial tone in her introductory remarks by referencing Duplessis’ run-in with an Instagram influencer who harassed the state senator and his wife during achurch service last weekend.

“If anyone is trying to make aviral video, I’ll let you gather your things,” Swanson said.

The candidates launched into two-minute introductions followedbya questionand-answer period in which they frequentlyjoked with one another in between detailed policy talk. On aquestion about ex-

The Trump administration rewrote the rules for the $42

earlier this

$120-a-month price tag. “It’s notthe internet we need in thistown,” shesaid.

Conexonwill still build networks inotherparts of thestate andthe country.Inthe grant’s first iteration,the companywas awarded about $65 million in Louisiana. Under the new draft plan, it will get $9.3million. Thecompany will be OK,saidco-CEO Jonathan Chambers. But the residents of East Carroll Parish?After three or four years of effort, “they will receive no investment,nojob creation, no infrastructure.”Hecriticized state andfederal leaders for leaving “the most rural and poorest part of thestateof Louisianain acomparative disadvantagetothe rest of the state andthe rest of the nation.

panding affordability for New Orleans residents, Duplessis signaled that, if elected, he would initiate aboldattempt to provide universal prekindergarten care.

“Wecan’t wait on thefederal government. We can’t wait on the state,” he said.

“That’sthe clearest way we can provide economic mobility,because then mothers can gotowork.”

To reduce poverty and unemployment, Moreno highlighted how her administration would pourresources into thecity’seconomic developmentagency, which she said has been whittled down to just “one-and-a-half people”inrecentyears.

“It’sabout finding opportunities to providehigher wages to people,” she said. Thomas plugged expanding “eco tourism” options as away to pump money into New Orleans’ economy, highlightingthe natural beautyofdestinations such as Bayou Sauvage.

“Let’slookatall of the city’snatural assets,” he said.

One relatively tense moment came after aquestion abouthow candidates would address the city’s budget, including aprojected $100 milliondeficit city leaders have been grappling with

“It’s abetrayal and agoddamned shame,” he said.

Differentinternetspeeds Fiber cables, installed underground,consistently meet theFederal Communications Commission’s broadbandrequirements of 100 megabits per second for downloads and 20 Mbps for uploads.This summer,anational speed analysisfound that just 17.4% of Starlink users got speeds consistent with those minimumrequirements. That study,byOokla, a privateresearch company, showed that Louisiana users fared even worse: Just9%of thestate’sStarlinkusers got those speeds.

SpaceX argues it should have gotten more funding than it did. In aletter to thestate

Duplessis, who has sought to differentiate himself from his opponents by casting themasculpable for dysfunction within City Hall due to their positions on the City Council, saidhe would commission an audit of the city’sbudget after taking office to weigh wasteful spending andwhether certain “legacy contracts” should be canceled.

Moreno, too, said she would support auditing the city’sbudget. She blasted thecity’sreliance on contractswith private firms, promising againtobolster services provided directly by cityworkers.

Thomas calledback to his deep experience in citygovernment, saying he would “build anew table” for New Orleanians to share their views of citygovernment

All three candidates agreed thatatleast part of the blame for the dysfunction lies with Mayor LaToya Cantrell’soutgoing administration.

Cantrell hasbeen mired in scandal for much of her second term,including arecent federal criminal indictment on accusations thatshe used taxpayer dollarstogo on vacation with her alleged paramour and police bodyguard. Another forumisset for

broadband office, first reported by PCMag,the company argues that it “applied to serve virtually all BEAD households for less than $100 million dollars.As such, Louisiana’sproposal includes over $400 million dollars in wasteful and unnecessary taxpayer spending.”

But fiber internet companies argue that their service is faster and morefutureproof.

In itsdraft final proposal for broadband grant funding, the state broadband office’s Executive Director Veneeth Iyengartouted the fact that 82% of awards will go to Louisiana-based providers. “Weare notonly closing the digital divide but strengtheningour local economy,” he wrote. “These investments will unlock un-

next week, when the Urban League, anonpartisan group thatencourages Black voter participation, will host the majorcandidates on Tuesday

Email James Finn at jfinn@theadvocate.com.

precedented opportunities for economic development, education,and expanded healthcare access in every corner of our state.”

Starting small, expanding

Cajun Broadband was the first company in the state to start and finish abuild using

aGUMBO grant, its co-CEO Disher said.

But the company started small —with “an antenna in atree.”In2017, frustrated with hisfamily’s AT&T internet connection, Disher started renting fixedwireless internet services off of celltowers. Oneneighbor wanted in, then another Now,the company provides internet across Acadiana, in adonut-like shape surrounding Lafayette. The broadband grant funding will allowthe company to expand further,including into rural Plaquemines.

Bobby Thomas works in Belle Chase, where “internet service is tremendous,” he said. “Lightning in abottle.” But each night he returns home to Buras: “Ugh,back to this.”

Thomas has asmart TV he can’tuse. The idea of Netflix excites him. Still, as executive director of the PlaqueminesAssociation of Business and Industry,he said he’smore focused on the economic possibilities fiber internet could bring to thelacyreaches of the parish.

Slow service has been “a barrier,” he said, “for businessesexpanding or new businesses relocating.”

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby givenpursuanttoArticle 7, Section 23{C)ofthe LouisianaConstitution andR.S.47:1705{8)thata public hearingof St.Johnthe BaptistSchoolBoard in St.John theBaptist Parish will be held at itsregular meetingplace in theGodchauxGrammer Cafeteria(BoardMeeting Room)1600Highway44, Reserve, LA 70084, on Thursday,October9,2025, at 5:00 p.m. to consider levying additional or increasedmillage rateswithout furthervoter approval or adopting theadjusted millagerates afterreassessmentand rollingforward to ratesnot to exceed theprior year’s maximum. Theestimated amount of taxrevenuestobecollected in thenextyear from theincreased millageis$39,000,000, andthe amount of increase in taxesattributable to themillage increase is $100,000

theDepartments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and relatedagencies for the fiscalyear that begins Oct. 1.

Higgins’ letter expands on astatement he made last month specifically targeting the New Orleans Health Department, which posted on social media amessage from the American Academyof Pediatrics recommending childrenget vaccinated.

TheLafayetteRepublican’sposition is in line with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr Kennedy last week proposed standards that limited eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations this fall.Those includerestrictionsfor those under the age of 5 years, who can qualify only for the Moderna vaccination and only when the child has aspecific underlying condition.

Kennedy’snew regulations require aphysician’s recommendation, rather than just showing up at pharmacies. Those getting the inoculation without a doctor’ssay-sowould have to pay for the shot, which costs about $140 each.

President Donald Trump asked on social media Monday for pharmaceutical companies to “justify the success of their various Covid Drugs. Many people think they are amiracle that saved Millions of lives. Others disagree! With CDC being ripped apartover this question, Iwant the answer and Iwant it NOW.”

Trump’sfirst administration orchestrated “Operation Warp Speed,” which paused some regulations and issued emergency federal grants to fast-track development of thevaccines that arecredited with ending the pandemic Trump continued that drug companies should “show me GREATnumbers and results, but theydon’t seem to be showingthem to many others. Iwant them

to show them NOW,toCDC andthe public, andclear up this MESS, one way or the other!!!”

Meanwhile, Higgins, a five-termrepresentative, on Friday wrote House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, thatheintended to withdraw fromthe Homeland SecurityCommittee, where he ran unsuccessfully tobe chair

“My Republican colleagues have chosen an alternate path for the CommitteethatIhelped to build, apath more in alignment with the less conservative factions of our Conference,factions whose core principles are quitevariant from myown conservative perspectiveonkey issues like amnesty,ICE operations,and opposition to the surveillance state,” Higgins wrote.

It was during aNovember 2023 HomelandSecurity Committee hearingthat Higgins accused then-FBI Director ChristopherWray of sending federal agentsto pose as Trumpsupporters

and entrap what he called an otherwisepeaceful group that entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6— theday Congress was going through theceremonyofofficially naming JoeBiden thewinnerofthe 2020 presidential election. Higgins always claimed to have irrefutable evidence but neversharedany publicly except for photos of empty vans that he called “ghost buses.”

Higgins alsoisamember of the House Oversight and GovernmentReform Committee and of the House ArmedServices Committee.

Rep.ClayHiggins, R-Lafayette, on

Friday wrote House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, that he intended to withdrawfrom the Homeland Security Committee, where he ran unsuccessfully to be chair.

Damon Singleton

U.S. strike on vessel targeted Venezuela gang

Trump says Caribbean attack killed 11

BY AAMER MADHANI, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drugcarrying vessel that departed from Venezuela and was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang.

The president said in a social media posting that 11 people were killed in the military operation and he posted a video of a small vessel appearing to explode in flames.

“The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States,” Trump said the posting. “No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America.”

lady Cilia Flores walking the streets of his childhood neighborhood.

A television presenter said Maduro was “bathing in patriotic love” as he interacted with supporters.

“In the face of imperialist threats, God (is) with us,” Maduro told supporters.

Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio had first announced the strike earlier Tuesday shortly before Rubio left on a trip to Mexico and Ecuador for talks on drug cartels, security, tariffs and more.

its maritime force in the waters off Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels.

The U.S. has not signaled any planned land incursion by the thousands of personnel being deployed.

Still, Maduro’s government has responded by deploying troops along Venezuela’s coast and border with neighboring Colombia, as well as by urging Venezuelans to enlist in a civilian militia.

access to the Pacific and Caribbean, are the world’s top cocaine producers.

The latest U.N. World Drug Report shows that various countries in South America, including Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, reported larger cocaine seizures in 2022 than in 2021, but it does not assign Venezuela the outsize role that the White House has in recent months.

Maduro has insisted that the U.S. is building a false drug-trafficking narrative to try to force him out of office.

The video appears to show a long, multi-engine speedboat traveling at sea when a bright flash of light busts over the craft. The boat is then briefly seen covered in flames.

BY MATTHEW LEE and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press

MEXICO CITY Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will top Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s agenda this week on his third trip to Latin America since becoming the chief U.S. diplomat.

In talks with leaders in Mexico and Ecuador on Wednesday and Thursday, Rubio will make the case that broader, deeper cooperation with the U.S. on those issues is vitally important to improving health, safety and security in the Americas and the Caribbean.

Yet, President Donald Trump has alienated many in the region — far beyond the usual array of U.S. antagonists like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela — with persistent demands, coupled with threats of sweeping tariffs and massive sanctions for not complying with his desires.

Trump has demanded, and so far won, some concessions from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s gov-

The video, which is largely in black and white, is not clear enough to see if the craft is carrying as many as 11 people. The video also did not show any large or clear stashes of drugs inside the boat.

Tren de Aragua originated more than a decade ago at an infamously lawless prison with hardened criminals in Venezuela’s central state of Aragua. The gang has expanded in recent years as more than 7.7 million Venezuelans fled economic turmoil and migrated to other Latin American countries or the U.S.

Trump and administration officials have repeatedly blamed the gang for being at the root of the violence and illicit drug dealing that plague some cities.

The White House did not immediately explain how the military determined that those aboard the vessel were Tren de Aragua members.

The size of the gang is unclear as is the extent to which its actions are coordinated across state lines and national borders.

After Trump announced the strike, Venezuelan state television showed President Nicolas Maduro and first

In a brief exchange with reporters before departing Miami for Mexico City, Rubio deferred questions about the specifics of the strike to the Pentagon. He said the drugs on the vessel were likely headed to Trinidad or elsewhere in the Caribbean.

The U.S. recently announced plans to boost

He and other government officials have repeatedly cited a United Nations report that they say shows traffickers attempt to move only 5% of the cocaine produced in Colombia through Venezuela. Landlocked Bolivia and Colombia, with

“The impact of increased cocaine trafficking has been felt in Ecuador in particular, which has seen a wave of lethal violence in recent years linked to both local and transnational crime groups, most notably from Mexico and the Balkan countries,” according to the report.

Maduro on Monday told reporters he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if his country were attacked by U.S. forces deployed to the Caribbean.

ernment, which is eager to defuse the tariff threats

Just a few hours before Rubio’s arrival Tuesday, Sheinbaum was set to lead a meeting of the country’s most important security forum, which brings together all 32 governors, the army, navy, federal prosecutor’s office and security commanders to coordinate actions across Mexico

Sheinbaum had been talking for weeks about how Mexico was finalizing a comprehensive security agreement with the State Department that, among other things, was supposed to include plans for a “joint investigation group” to combat the flow of fentanyl and the drug’s precursors into the U.S. and weapons from north to south.

“Under no circumstance will we accept interventions, interference or any other act from abroad that is detrimental to the integrity, independence and sovereignty

of the country,” she said Monday in her State of the Nation address marking her first year in office.

Last week, however, a senior State Department official downplayed suggestions that a formal agreement — at least one that includes protections for Mexican sovereignty — was in the works.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview Rubio’s meetings, said sovereignty protections were “understood” by both countries without having to be formalized in a document.

Sheinbaum lowered her expectations Tuesday, saying it would not be a formal agreement but rather a kind of memorandum of understanding to share information and intelligence on drug trafficking or money laundering obtained “by them in their territory, by us in our territory unless commonly agreed upon.”

“There will be moments of greater tension, of less tension, of issues that we do not agree on, but we have to try to have a good relationship, and I believe tomorrow’s meeting will show that,”

Sheinbaum said of her meeting with Rubio on Wednesday “It is a relationship of respect and at the same time collaboration.”

To appease Trump, Sheinbaum has gone after Mexican cartels and their fentanyl production more aggressively than her predecessor

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Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Monday told reporters he ‘would constitutionally declare a republic in arms’ if his country were attacked by U.S forces deployed to the Caribbean.

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US stocks sink under bond market pressire

Wall Street sank on Tuesday as rising pressure from the bond market pulled U.S. stocks further from their records.

The S&P 500 fell 0.7% for its worst day in a month after paring a loss that earlier reached 1.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 249 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.8% All three are still relatively close to their recently set all-time highs.

Big Tech companies led the market lower They’ve been soaring for years on expectations that they’ll continue to dominate the economy, but they have also shot so high that critics say their prices have become too expensive.

Nvidia, whose chips are powering much of the world’s move into artificial-intelligence technology, fell 2% and was the single strongest force pulling the S&P 500 downward. Amazon sank 1.6%, and Apple dropped 1%.

The overall stock market felt pressure from rising yields in the bond market, where the 10year Treasury yield climbed to 4.27% from 4.23% late Friday When bonds are paying more in interest, investors are less willing to pay high prices for stocks

Longer-term bond yields are on the rise around the world, in part because of worries about how difficult it will be for governments to repay their growing mountains of debt.

Disney to pay $10M data collection fine

The Walt Disney Co. will pay a $10 million fine to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging it allowed personal data to be collected on kids under 13, violating federal law

The FTC said Tuesday Disney violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, which requires kidoriented apps and websites to get parents’ consent before collecting personal information of children under 13.

According to the complaint, Disney failed to properly label some videos that it uploaded to YouTube as “Made for Kids.” The mislabeling allowed Disney, through YouTube, to collect personal data from children under 13 viewing child-directed videos and use that data for targeted advertising to children, the FTC said. That’s because, since the videos weren’t labeled as being for kids, they included targeted advertising.

Representatives for Disney did not immediately return a message for comment.

Google, the parent company of YouTube, agreed to pay $170 million in a similar settlement in 2019

Nestlé dismisses CEO after an investigation

Swiss food giant Nestlé said Monday it dismissed its CEO Laurent Freixe after an investigation into an undisclosed relationship with a direct subordinate.

The maker of Nescafé drinks and Purina pet food said in a statement the dismissal was effective immediately An investigation found the undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate violated Nestlé’s code of conduct.

Freixe, who had been CEO for a year, will be replaced by Philipp Navratil, a longtime Nestlé executive.

“This was a necessary decision,” said Chairman Paul Bulcke “Nestlé’s values and governance are strong foundations of our company.”

The company didn’t give any other details about the investigation. Freixe had been with Nestlé since 1986, holding roles around the world. When Nestlé revamped its geographic structure in January 2022, Freixe became CEO of Zone Latin America.

In August 2024, he was tapped to replace then-CEO Mark Schneider in the top role, and started Sept. 1, 2024.

Google avoids breakup in monopoly case

Judge orders other changes in landmark ruling

BY MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP technology writer

SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shake-up of Google’s search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government’s attempt to break up the company and impose other restraints.

The 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., will likely ripple across the technological landscape at a time when the industry is being reshaped by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence including conversational “answer engines” as companies like ChatGPT and

Perplexity try to upend Google’s long-held position as the internet’s main gateway

The innovations and competition being unleashed by generative artificial intelligence, or “GenAI,” have reshaped the judge’s approach to remedies in the nearly five-year-old antitrust case.

“Unlike the typical case where the court’s job is to resolve a dispute based on historic facts, here the court is asked to gaze into a crystal ball and look to the future Not exactly a judge’s forte,” Mehta wrote.

Investors seemed to interpret the ruling as a relatively light slap on the wrist for Google, as the stock price of its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc., surged nearly 3% in extended trading. The judge is trying to rein in Google by prohibiting some of the tactics the company deployed to drive traffic to its search engine and other services

But Mehta stopped short of ban-

ning the multi-billion dollar deals that Google has been making for years to lock in its search engine as the default on smartphones, personal computers and other devices. Those deals, involving payments of more than $26 billion annually, were one of the main issues that prompted the judge to conclude Google’s search engine was an illegal monopoly, but he decided banning them in the future would do more harm than good.

Partially because he is allowing the default deals to continue, Mehta is ordering Google to give its current and would-be rivals access to some of its search engine’s secret sauce — the data stockpiled from trillions of queries that it used to help improve the quality of its search results.

The judge also rejected the U.S. Justice Department’s effort to force Google to sell its popular Chrome browser, concluding it was an unwarranted step that

“would be incredibly messy and highly risky.”

Allowing the default search deals to continue is more than just a victory for Google. It’s also something that Apple, which receives more than $20 billion annually from Google, and the beneficiaries of the payments urged Mehta to maintain.

In hearings earlier this year, Apple warned the judge that banning the contracts would deprive the company of money that it funnels into its own innovative research.

The Cupertino, California, company also cautioned that the ban could have the unintended consequence of making Google even more powerful by pocketing the money it had been spending on deals while most consumers will still end up flocking to Google’s search engine anyway Neither Google nor the Justice Department immediately responded to requests for comment.

BLOCKBUSTER SPLIT

After creating one of the biggest food companies on the planet, Kraft Heinz to break into two companies

BY DEE-ANN DURBIN and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP business writers

NEW YORK Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food manufacturers on the planet.

One of the companies, currently called Global Taste Elevation Co., will include brands such as Heinz, Philadelphia cream cheese and Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kraft Heinz said Tuesday The other, currently called North American Grocery Co., will include slower-selling brands like Maxwell House, Oscar Mayer Kraft Singles and Lunchables.

The official names of the two companies will be released later

Kraft Heinz said in May that it was conducting a strategic review of the company, signaling a potential split It expects the transaction to close in the second half of 2026.

When the company formed in 2015, it wanted to capitalize on its massive scale. But shifting tastes complicated those plans, with households seeking out healthier options.

Kraft Heinz and other food producers have tried to follow those trends. In 2021, Kraft Heinz sold both its Planters nut business and its natural cheese business, vowing to reinvest the money into higher-growth brands like P3 protein snacks. But the company continued to struggle.

Kraft Heinz’s net revenue has fallen every

year since 2020, when it saw a pandemicrelated bump in sales. In April, Kraft Heinz lowered its full-year sales and earnings guidance, citing weaker customer spending in the U.S. and the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “Kraft Heinz’s brands are iconic and beloved, but the complexity of our current structure makes it challenging to allocate capital effectively, prioritize initiatives and drive scale in our most promising areas,” Executive Chairman Miguel Patricio said in a statement.

The path to the merger of Kraft and Heinz began in 2013, when billionaire investor Warren Buffett teamed up with Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital to buy H.J. Heinz Co. At the time, the $23 billion deal was the most expensive ever in the food industry 3G was also behind the formation of Restaurant Brands International a merger of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes — and Anheuser-Busch InBev It’s known for strict cost controls and so-called zero-based budgeting, which requires all expenses to be justified each quarter

The deal was intended to help Heinz, which was founded in 1869 in Pittsburgh, expand sales of its condiments and sauces on grocery store shelves. Heinz’s new owners also set about cutting costs, laying off hundreds of workers within months.

At the same time Kraft, based in Chicago, sought for a partner after a 2011 split from its snack division, which became Mondelez

International.

In 2015, Buffett and 3G decided to merge Heinz with Kraft The merger created the 5th largest food and beverage company in the world, with annual revenue of $28 billion. Buffett and 3G each contributed $5 billion for a special dividend for Kraft shareholders.

At the time, the prevailing attitude was that the bigger the conglomerate, the more companies would save through sharing services like accounting, said Russell Zwanka, an associate professor of food marketing at Western Michigan University

But even at the time of the merger, many consumers were shifting away from the kinds of highly processed packaged foods that Kraft sells, like Velveeta cheese and Kool-Aid. The push to remove artificial flavors and dyes added further costs.

“The customer has become much more diligent in what they’re buying, and so it’s making it more difficult to allocate your resources properly,” Zwanka said.

In 2019, Kraft Heinz slashed the value of its Oscar Meyer and Kraft brands by $15.4 billion. Many investors blamed the company’s leadership, saying its zeal for costcutting was hurting brand innovation.

Buffett told CNBC Tuesday that he’s disappointed that Kraft Heinz decided to go forwarded with the split, which will cost the company $300 million and take a year to complete. He’s also frustrated that shareholders won’t get a vote on the move.

BY MATT O’BRIEN AP technology writer

Artificial intelligence chatbot makers OpenAI and Meta say they are adjusting how their chatbots respond to teenagers asking questions about suicide or showing signs of mental and emotional distress.

OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, said Tuesday it is preparing to roll out new controls enabling parents to link their accounts to their teen’s account.

Parents can choose which features to disable and “receive notifications when the system detects their teen is in a moment of acute

distress,” according to a company blog post that says the changes will go into effect this fall.

Regardless of a user’s age, the company says its chatbots will attempt to redirect the most distressing conversations to more capable AI models that can provide a better response. The announcement comes a week after the parents of 16-yearold Adam Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT coached the California boy in planning and taking his own life earlier this year Jay Edelson, the family’s attorney on Tuesday described the OpenAI announcement as “vague

promises to do better” and “nothing more than OpenAI’s crisis management team trying to change the subject.” Altman “should either unequivocally say that he believes ChatGPT is safe or immediately pull it from the market,” Edelson said. Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, also said it is now blocking its chatbots from talking with teens about self-harm, suicide, disordered eating and inappropriate romantic conversations, and instead directs them to expert resources. Meta already offers parental controls on teen accounts. A study published last week in the medical journal Psychiatric Services found inconsistencies in how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots responded to queries about suicide.

The study by researchers at the RAND Corporation found a need for “further refinement” in ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude The researchers did not study Meta’s chatbots. The study’s lead author, Ryan McBain, said Tuesday that “it’s encouraging to see OpenAI and Meta introducing features like parental controls and routing sensitive conversations to more capable models, but these are incremental steps.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN

President Donald Trump says he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition from state and local officials in both cities.

Trump to order intervention in Chicago and Baltimore

Leaders say they oppose plan

BY WILL WEISSERT and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition from elected leaders and many residents in both cities.

Asked by reporters in the Oval Office about sending National Guard troops to the nation’s third-largest city, Trump said, “We’re going in,” but added, “I didn’t say when.” “I have an obligation,” the president said. ”This isn’t a political thing.”

Illinois Gov JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, scoffed at the notion of sending military troops and federal agents into Chicago, reiterating Tuesday that federal intervention was not required or wanted.

Trump has already sent National Guard troops into Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., where he’s also federalized the police force. He has said he plans similar moves in other Democratrun cities even as a federal judge on Tuesday deemed the California deployment illegal.

The president praised Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser for working with federal forces, but repeated his criticism of Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat Trump said he’d love to have Pritzker call and say, “Send in the troops” — even though the two-term governor has repeatedly said he won’t be doing that

“If the governor of Illinois would call up, call me up, I would love to do it,”

Trump said. “Now we’re going to do it anyway We have the right to do it.”

Pritzker deemed Trump’s comments to call him for help as “unhinged.” The two have been locked in an escalating war of words for days as Trump called Chicago “the world’s most dangerous city” earlier Tuesday

The state received its first contact about federal intervention on Saturday when the head of the Illinois State Police got a call from Gregory Bovino, chief of the Border Patrol’s El Centro, California, sector, saying immigration agents would come to Chicago, according to Pritzker Pritzker urged the public not to let the presence of federal agents spark tensions in the city but asked residents to look out for neighbors, and to film inter-

actions with federal agents and share them publicly

Recently, the Trump administration has renewed interest in the city’s daily crime log, including using a spate of shootings during the Labor Day weekend as justification for increased military presence.

Chicago’s homicide rate is 21.7 per 100,000 residents in 2024, according to analysis of federal crime data by the Rochester Institute of Technology

It cites seven other major U.S. cities St. Louis, New Orleans, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Indianapolis and Richmond, Virginia — with higher rates.

Trump also said Tuesday that he has an “obligation to protect this country, and that includes Baltimore.”

Local officials there have joined Democratic Maryland Gov Wes Moore in similarly opposing federal law enforcement intervention. A spokesperson for Moore said deploying the National Guard was “theatrical and not sustainable.”

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott listed some of the city’s recent accomplishments in curbing gun violence.

Scott has repeatedly accused the president of using racist rhetoric and targeting Black-led cities, like Baltimore and Chicago.

Trump dismisses health rumors

BY CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Sometimes it feels like barely an hour can go by without hearing from President Donald Trump So when he didn’t appear for one day, then two, then three, speculation started to swirl online about his health.

Not even a few glimpses of the president visiting his golf course over the weekend were enough to stanch the social media rumor mill fueled by political opponents. Trump was asked directly about it Tuesday

at his first public event in a week.

“How did you find out over the weekend that you were dead?” asked Fox News’ Peter Doocy “Did you see that?”

“No,” the 79-year-old Trump responded flatly

The president said he wasn’t aware that people were wondering if he had died, but he had heard there were concerns about his health.

“I knew they were saying, like: ‘Is he OK? How is he feeling? What’s wrong?’ ” Trump said, calling the

speculation “fake news” and saying he “was very active over the weekend.”

Recently, Trump has been seen with bruising on the back of his right hand, sometimes concealed with makeup, and swelling around his ankles.

The White House has said Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, which means veins in the legs can’t properly carry blood back to the heart, causing it to pool in the lower legs.

It’s a fairly common condition for older adults.

Military lawyers authorized to serve as immigration judges

Pentagon approves up to 600 in temporary role

U.S. cities to support immigration enforcement efforts, housing people awaiting deportation on military bases and using military aircraft to carry out deportations.

BY KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press

WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.

The military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys both military and civilians — to the Justice Department “as soon as practicable,” and the military services should have the first round of people identified by next week, according to the Aug. 27 memo.

The effort comes as the Trump administration more regularly turns to the military as it cracks down on illegal immigration through ramped-up arrests and deportations. Its growing role in the push includes troops patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border, National Guard members being sent into

The administration’s focus on illegal immigration has added strain to the immigration courts, which were already dealing with a massive backlog of roughly 3.5 million cases that has ballooned in recent years. An organization for immigration lawyers called the new directive a “destructive” move meant to undermine the courts.

At the same time, more than 100 immigration judges have been fired or left voluntarily after taking deferred resignations offered by the Trump administration, their union says. In the most recent round of terminations, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers said in July that at least 17 immigration judges had been fired “without cause” in courts across the country

That has left about 600 immigration judges, union figures show, meaning the Pentagon move would double their ranks.

The Justice Department, which oversees the immigration courts, requested the assistance from the Defense Department, according to the memo sent by the

Pentagon’s executive secretary to his DOJ counterpart. The military lawyers’ duties as immigration judges will initially last no more than 179 days but can be renewed, it said. A DOJ spokesperson referred questions about the plan to the Defense Department, where officials directed questions to the White House.

A White House official said Tuesday that the administration is looking at a variety of options to help resolve the significant backlog of immigration cases, including hiring additional immigration judges. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the matter should be “a priority that everyone — including those waiting for adjudication — can rally around.”

The head of the American Immigration Lawyers Association decried bringing in temporary judges who lack expertise in immigration law, saying “it makes as much as sense as having a cardiologist do a hip replacement.”

“Expecting fair decisions from judges unfamiliar with the law is absurd. This reckless move guts due process and further undermines the integrity of our immigration court system,” said Ben Johnson, the organization’s executive director

BY GARY FIELDS Associated Press

WASHINGTON In a nod to continuing collaboration, the mayor of Washington, D.C., issued an order Tuesday to continue the work of an emergency operations center the city set up in response to the federal law enforcement surge ordered by President Donald Trump to battle what he insisted was out-of-control crime.

The order from Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is walking a tightrope between portions of her constituency and her relationship with Trump’s White House, allows the center to continue managing the city’s response and coordinate communications with federal law enforcement.

The order said the socalled “Safe and Beautiful Emergency Operations Center (SBEOC)” — a title that riffs off Trump lingo — will work with a number of federal agencies, including the FBI, the U.S. Park Police, the DEA, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Secret Service. Together, they plan to address a number of issues, in-

cluding concerns and goals the city has in maintaining the confidence of district residents during law enforcement encounters by federal agencies. Bowser’s order lays out in detail the federal law enforcement entities she anticipates working with going forward with no indication of an end date.

The operations center “will communicate the District’s requests that federal partners adhere to established policing practices that maintain community confidence in law enforcement officers, such as not wearing masks, clearly identifying their agency, and providing identification during arrests and encounters with the public,” the order said.

Trump, speaking at a news conference, praised Bowser and said the surge had worked. “I’m very proud of Washington,” he said. “It can be used as a template.”

Speaking during a news conference last week, Bowser credited the surge of federal authorities with bringing down the level of crime in the city including an 87 percent drop in carjackings.

“When carjackings go down, when homicides or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer,” she said.

But the mayor also said at that Aug. 27 press briefing, the presence of masked

agents who were not always identifiable had led to a “break in trust between, police and community, especially with new federal partners.”

“We know having masked ICE agents in the community has not worked and National Guard from other states has not been an efficient use of those resources,” she said at that news conference. Bowser said she was “devastated” that some residents were living in fear According to Tuesday’s order, a census conducted last week of people living outside across the city identified 764 total, including 81 living in tents. At the end of July, there were 128 people living in those tents. Since the start of the surge, approximately 80 additional people have entered the district’s shelter system, the order said but added it is “unknown where those individuals were living prior to coming into shelter,” the order said.

Trump has increased the number of federal law enforcement and immigration agents on city streets while also taking over the Metropolitan Police Department and activating thousands of National Guard members. Last month, Trump said he wants $2 billion from Congress to beautify Washington.

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N.O. agrees to halt school tax fee

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

The city of New Orleans has agreed to temporarily stop charging a fee for collecting taxes on behalf of the Orleans Parish School Board, the latest breakthrough in a long-running legal dispute.

The agreement comes after the School Board and a group of charter schools recently filed separate injunctions asking the court to stop New Orleans from taking about $8 million annually in fees out of the sales and property taxes it collects for the School Board, said Bill Aaron, an Orleans Parish School Board attorney Under the agreement, which a judge signed Tuesday the city will not collect fees through the end of 2026. After that time, the School

Board and city will negotiate a fee.

The city did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday It’s the latest in a long-running saga that began six years ago when the School Board sued the city, claiming the city’s fees are illegal. The city keeps 2% of the School Board’s property taxes and 1.6% of its sales taxes as an administrative fee.

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Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration has said the fee is a fair charge for the service it provides to the School Board. But the board says the charge is not allowed, and that it is owed $135 million for fees the city has collected over nearly two decades. Last year, the two sides appeared to reach a settlement. The city agreed to stop charging the fee and to pay the School Board

$20 million up front and another $70 million over the next decade. But the settlement crumbled earlier this year after Cantrell said she did not approve the agreement, which she said the city couldn’t afford.

On Tuesday Aaron said he was “cautiously optimistic” that the city’s latest agreement to stop charging the tax-collection fee will be the first step in resolving the lawsuit.

Jonathan Kelley, of the Lakefront Management Authority, replaces an LED bulb along the walking path at New Basin Canal Park in New Orleans on Tuesday. The crew upgraded it to a more efficient model.

Search continues for boater missing in lake

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

BY ELYSE CARMOSINO

writer

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing boater, but other state and parish agencies were still searching Tuesday after a sailboat carrying a man and a woman crashed into the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway early Sunday morning. When the boat hit the bridge about 3 a.m Sunday, the man fell into the water said Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisher-

ies spokesperson Taylor Brazan, attributing the information to the woman onboard. The woman immediately called 911, and the U.S. Coast Guard was able to rescue her The man was not wearing a life vest, Brazan said.

The man was described as 6 feet 1 inch tall, last seen in a white shirt and blue shorts. Now on day three of the search, boats with the St. Tammany Parish

Shooting victims identified

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

STAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE

Applications open forTerrytown program

Residentscan seek one-time home grants of up to $8,500

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

Terrytown residents can now apply for one-timegrants of up to $8,500 to help givetheir homes a face-lift. Applications for The Terrytown Façade Improvement Program are open until the end of the month for owner-occupied, single-family homes in need of landscaping, painting or repairs to thefront of theirhomes, including doors, windows, shutters, driveways or sidewalks.

Winnerswill be chosen through three public lotteries, with the first taking place Oct. 16 at the

TerrytownGolden AgeCenterat 5:30 p.m., according to theNew OrleansEducation League of the ConstructionIndustry,orNOEL, theorganization in charge of the program.

The program received $750,000 from the state Legislature and Jefferson Parish Council earlier this yeartoupgrade theexteriorsofat least 88 homes after its pilotversion proved highly successful last year.AccordingtoNOEL,all previous applicantsfor theprogram who were not chosen will automatically be included in upcoming lotteries.

“Everybody stepped up for us,” saidBeckyCollins,president of theTerrytown Civic Association.

Howtoapply

Theprogramisopen to allTerrytown homeowners, which includes about9,000 households.

Homeowners must be current on their property taxes, mortgage payments and2024state taxes, andhavehomeowner’s insurance and flood insurance if required by theirlender Applicantswill have to submit the following documents:

n Louisiana driver’slicense, state ID, permanent resident card or passport

n Flood insurance declaration page for property, and/or homeowners declaration page

n Proof of ownership or proof of the two mostrecent payments to theirmortgage lender

n Proof of current homeowner’s tax payment to Jefferson Parish and the state of Louisiana. Applications andsupporting documentscan be mailed to NOEL at 2424North Arnoult Road in Metairie or electronically on their website.

Thoseinneed of assistancewhen applying can visit the Terrytown Library at 680 Heritage Ave. from noonto3:30p.m. on Sept. 11 or Sept.18.

Whyfaçadeimprovement?

Officials launched apilotversion of the program last year to help boost thesuburb’scurb appeal, as houses originallyboughtupby young families in the 1960s had lost their luster as they reached ages of 60 years or older

Theparish had long recognized theneed for revitalizing its aging housing stock,evenbeforethe program’sadvent.

The pilotprogram awarded grants to 30 homesout of hundreds of applicants, 25 of which are now complete

In response to the pilot’ssuccess, state Rep. Vincent Cox, RGretna, and Sen. Patrick Connick,

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With “insurance and operating costs climbing so quickly,wecannot afford to pay thewages that our high-quality teachers truly deserve,” she said during arecent webinar on the survey results.

“While another tuition increase might help, it would putalready struggling families into an even worse position.”

WhydoesLouisiananeedmore?

Louisiana has achildcare shortage, with more than 100,000children lacking access to affordable or quality child care, according to theLouisiana Policy Institutefor Children.

Earlychildhoodeducationhelps prepare children for school, and it’scrucial to the state’seconomy Parents withoutchild careare more likely to misswork,quit their jobs or shy away from pursuing higher education, advocates say Yetproviders are unable to keep up with the demand for affordable

care, with nearly two-thirdswho responded to the survey reporting having waitlists.

Onereason is high staff turnover,which providers attribute to lowpay Louisiana’searly education teachers, who often hold advanced degreesand work long hours, earned an average annual salary of $28,000lastyear —nearly half what thestate’sK-12teachers made, the report found.

“When providers don’thave the staff they need, classrooms remain closed, familiesstay on waitlists,and young children miss out on important learning opportunities,” said Libbie Sonnier,CEO for theLouisiana Policy Institutefor Children.

Another reason that providers can’tservemore children is that many families can’tafford tuition. Child care costs an average of $14,000 per child ayear, which is unaffordablefor many families, accordingtothe report Meanwhile,thousands are on the waitlist for state tuition assistance through Louisiana’s Child Care Assistance Program.

Jennifer Stevenson, owner of

Garden of Knowledge preschool in WashingtonParish, said her enrollment has declined as families struggle to pay tuition without public assistance. The shrinkingenrollment also puts financial pressure on the preschool, Stevenson added.

“This is notonly delaying accesstocarefor family,” she said, “but also prevents providers from filling open seats and bringing in needed tuition revenue.”

Possible solutions

Lawmakers have made some moves to make child care more accessible.

Earlier this year,the stateLegislature reauthorizedWorkforce ChildCareTax Credits, whichoffers atax break to families who enroll their young children at state-approvedfacilities, andexpanded accesstoearly child care for working parents.

The report says state officials can do more to ease the early child care shortage, including expanding high school training and certification programs to include early childhood education credentialstoincreasethe number of

educators whochoose to go into earlychild care, and improving compensation forteachers by offering them assistance program eligibilityand implementing a wage scale that better compensates them for their experience.

The report also calls for sustainable,long-term funding solutions for early child care.

Butobtaining thatfundingcould prove difficult.

State lawmakers cut$9million for early education in 2024. The Legislature is also seeking to use three education trust funds to raise public school teachers’ pay, which would furtherreduce early educationfunding by about$10 million annually

If that happens, theLouisiana Policy Institute for Children previouslywarneditcould result in an additional 1,600childrenlosing theirearly educationseats.

“Without relief,” said Shannon Johns, the child care center owner,“we do risk losing the very teachers andfamilieswho make early learning possible.”

Email Elyse Carmosinoat ecarmosino@theadvocate.com.

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R-Marrero, lobbiedfor the state to appropriate $500,000 toward asecond phase of Terrytown’s program, and Jefferson Parish Council District 1member Timothy Kerner Jr.later pitched in $250,000 of his owncouncil discretionary funds.

“This façadeprogramisa puzzle piece in the larger movement we’re building across the West Bank, one that’screating pride, momentum andlasting change,” said Kerner Jr

The new round of grants also comes as Habitat for Humanity builds an entirely new subdivision in Terrytown calledRising Oaks, which will contain 154 homes in the neighborhood’smidcentury modernstyle formiddle-income families.

Email Lara Nicholsonat lnicholson@theadvocate.com.

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according to authorities. They found Williams lyingonthe ground with multiple gunshot wounds, said Sgt. Brandon Veal, spokespersonfor theSheriff’s Office.

Deputies also encountered a 25-year-old New Orleans man named Semaj Brownwho told authoritieshe’dbeeninvolved in an altercation with the victim before the shooting, Veal said. Detectives obtained awarrant forBrown’sarrest and booked him with second-degree murder.Brown wasbeing held Tuesday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna on $500,000 bail. About 9:20 a.m., the Sheriff’s Officereceived another call reporting gunfire,this time in the 1200 blockofAberdeen Street in Harvey,Veal said. As deputies searched the area, the discovered the injured Robinson inside avehicle onestreet over in the 1300 block of Lochlomand Drive, according to Veal. Robinson, who’dbeenshot multiple times,was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

Investigators determined that Robinson was hit by gunfire while driving, according to Veal.Hethen crashedinto some parkedvehiclesbefore coming to astop. No arrests had been made in the caseasofTuesdayafternoon Anyone with information aboutWilliams’ or Robinson’s deaths is askedtocall the Sheriff’s Office investigations bureau at (504) 364-5300. The public can also call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111 or toll-free at (877) 903-7867. Callersdonot have to give their namesortestify andcan earn a $2,500rewardfor information thatleadstoanindictment. Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@theadvocate.com.

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SupremeCourt outlawed deathsentences forjuvenileoffenders

BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

TheLouisiana Attorney General’sOffice has filed a motion that seeks to uproot the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that declared the death penalty for juvenile offenders unconstitutional.

The 2005 order abolished executions of those younger than 18 at the time of their crimes, saying capital punishment for juvenile offenders violates Eighth Amendment constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment Prosecutors for Attorney General Liz Murrill’soffice, however,argue the death sentence should be reinstated for aman who was just aweek shy of his 18th birthday when he shot and killed an LSU freshman execution-style during a1992carjacking and abduction.

Dale Dwayne Craig, now 50, was convicted of firstdegree murder in Kipp Earl Gullett’sslaying more than 30 years ago. He originally was placed on death row after ajury unanimously agreed he should be executed. But when the Supreme Court in March2005 issued its split decision in RopervSimmons, aMissouri case also involving a 17-year-old convicted killer,itoverturned statutes in 19 states that permitted the executions of culprits who were 16 and 17 years old.

Craig was among more than 70 juvenile offenders who already had beenconvicted and condemned to death that had their capital sentences vacated after Roper Craig’sdeath sentence was amended to life in prison without the possibility of parole, probation or early termination. In May 2023, 19th Judicial District JudgeEboni Johnson Rose, swayedbythe transformation in character she said Craig has displayed while in prison,madehim eligible for parole.

State prosecutors are now appealing Rose’sruling, arguing for the Louisiana Supreme Court to strip away Craig’sparole eligibility during ahearing last week in front of justices.

Twoweeks beforethat hearing, DeputySolicitor GeneralZachary Faircloth filed the motion to get Craig’sdeath sentence

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However,hesaid the board will seekalarger settlement than what the city initially agreed to pay last year since the city has charged additional fees since that time.

Last year,the city collected $12 million in fees, accordingtothe School Board,

reinstated. In the Aug. 11 filing, Faircloth acknowledged that “current U.S. SupremeCourt precedent requires this court to deny this motion.” But he indicated prosecutors intend to challenge Roperinappeals “The stateunderstands that the courtmustdeny thismotion,”his motion stated. “The state preserves for appellatereview,however,its position that Roper is egregiously wrong and should be overruled.”

In the filing,the Attorney General’sOffice emphasized the fact that Craigwas just days away from turning 18 when he squeezed the triggerand ended Gullet’s life.

“But he wasfully an adult,” the motion states. Gullett, an LSUstudent, was 18 when Craig and three other teens carjacked him at gunpoint as he returned to his dormonthe night of Sept. 14, 1992. The quartet forced Gullet back into his Ford Bronco and they drovearound with him for nearly an hour.Court records and trial testimony indicate Craig spearheaded thearmedrobbery andabduction andterrorized Gullett during the ride

Thegroup of teens drove to asecluded construction site nearKenilworth Parkway,where Craigshot Gullett three timesinthe head, then stood over him and fired more bullets at him.

afigure that includes the salesand propertytax fees plus another fee that goes to the assessor

Thefight over the fee has intensified over thepast year

The City Council joined the lawsuit againstthe city andpassed an ordinance in April to stop the cityfrom collecting the fee,but it has continued to do so

In May,Civil District Court JudgeNicole Shep-

Afterthe killing, Craig joked aloud and bragged to his accomplices, telling them “I told youI was hard,” according to court records. State prosecutors stress that he later threatened the threeteens who helped him carry out the carjacking and abduction.

“I loveyou all, youare my boys,”Craig said shortly after shooting Gullett.“If yousay onef******word I’ll kill you, too.”

In his filing, Faircloth noted that four of the nine SCOTUSjusticesdissented against theRoper ruling when it was decided in 2005.Heargued the landmark ruling“bears allthe hallmarks of aconstitutional precedent that should be overruled.

“It has caused significant jurisprudential and realworld consequences,” Faircloth wrote.

TheAttorney General’s Office said thestate will seek to overturn Roper if andwhenthe casereaches theU.S. Supreme Court.

“The Supreme Court’s decision in Roper v. Simmons is egregiously wrong,” Murrill said. “Itprohibits States like Louisiana from executingcriminals like DaleCraig —who carjacked, kidnapped, terrorized, pistol-whipped and then shot to deathKip Earl Gullett, an unsuspecting LSU freshman —just because he was aweek away from his 18th birthday

pard ruled thatthe city did nothave to abide by last year’ssettlementagreement. However,she said the city did have to pay $10 million becauseCantrell had signed off on abudget that included that payment

The city appealed that order,and theSchoolBoard filedamotion to hold the city in contempt for not paying the money.Sheppard has not ruled on either matter

when he committedthis heinous crime. There is no basis in laworlogic forthat absurd result.”

John Landis is aNew Orleansattorneywho has been representing Craig throughout hispost-conviction relief efforts for much of thepast28years. He said thestate’sappeal of Rose’s 2023 order has delayedCraig’sparole hearing indefinitely.Landis called the motion asking a judgetoreinstate Craig’s death sentence another stalltactic.

“Only theLegislature has thepower to change the law governing juvenile offenders. This court cannot do so,” Landis argued in an Aug. 13 responsetothe state’smotion.

“By requesting that the courtdeny themotion, the state unquestionably is trying to manufacture another appeal for the solepurpose of furtherdelaying the defendant’s parole hearing to which he is entitled. Respectfully,the courtshould not facilitatethe state’s cynical effort to further delay theinevitable —the parole hearing that the defendant has earned.”

ChiefJudge Donald Johnson, of the19th Judicial District, has set an Oct. 15 court date to hear opposing arguments on the motion.

Email Matt Bruce at matt.bruce@theadvocate. com.

Lastweek, Civil District Court Judge Bernadette D’Souza granted KIPP New Orleans Schools, FirstLineSchools and ReNEW Schools atemporary restraining order that preventedthe city fromcollectingthe fees untilajudge ruled on the injunctions. But the newsettlement, in whichthe city hasagreed to stopcharging the fees, makes those injunctions moot.

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Ronald PeterBazile, Sr age 82, wasbornonApril 16, 1943. He wascalled homeonThursday,August 21, 2025. He wasa resident ofDallas, Georgia, Baton Rouge,Louisiana,Detroit Michiganand anativeof New Orleans, Louisiana. Ronaldwas employed with Parke Davis& Co in their accountingdepartment and wasa graduate of SouthernUniversity. He en‐listedinthe Army and foughtbravely in Vietnam. His actionsoverseasand in combatearnedhim theSil‐ver Star forValor.Ronald, whenState side stayed withGovernmentservice and successfully retired fromthe United States PostOffice after 20 + years.Ronaldissurvived byhis former-wifeLeah Bazile, twochildren, RonaldBazile Jr.and Ter‐enceBazile;one grand‐child,AsiaAlvarez Bazile; two sistersWanda Hewitt and Kathleen Green;one brother GregoryBazile Alsocherishinghis memo‐riesare ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,veter‐ans,colleagues, andmany dearfriends.Greeting Ronaldonhis arrivalare his parents, Adam Bazile and MildredBazile, hisson Isaac Bazile,his sister Ernestine Keith, brothers DwightBazile andVincent Bazile. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also Priestand parishioners of St. KatharineDrexel Catholic Church areinvited toattendthe Mass of Christian Burial on Thurs‐day,September 4, 2025 at St. KatharineDrexel Catholic Church,2015 Louisiana Avenue,New Or‐leans,LA70115 at 10:00 a.m.Visitationfrom9:00 a.m.until 10:00 a.m. Fol‐lowed by IntermentonFri‐day,September 5, 2025 at Southeast LouisianaVet‐eranCemetery, 34888 GranthamCollege Road, Slidell, LA 70460 at 9:00 a.m.You maysignthe guest book on http://www gertrudegeddeswillis.com. Gertrude GeddesWillisFu‐neral Home Inc.,incharge (504) 522-2525.

Bourgeois,Magnel Michael

Magnel Michael Bourgeois, age 77, aresident of Marrero,LA, enteredintoeternal rest on Thursday, August 21, 2025. He wasborninHouma, LA to thelateMandry Bourgeois Sr.and thelate Hazel PicouJones. In hisyoungeryears, Magnel enjoyed fast drivinghis Mustang andmotorcycle. He spent many years fishing with his wife Maria, IraMilan andhis son-in-law Brent Savoie. Hisinterests included

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✦ Wednesday, September 3, 2025 ✦ nola.com ✦ The Times-Picayune building boats, trawling, going to the casino, and spending time with his Yorkies,Peanut and Tutu. He enjoyed listening to his favorite oldies music and especially spending time with his loving wife and champion Maria.

Magnel retired as a shipyard superintendent. He hada very strongwork ethic and was an excellent provider for his family. He was very meticulous and had agreatattention to detail. He always performed any work to the best of his ability.

Magnel treated everyone with kindness and respect.Hepossessed a great sense of humor, quickwit, and always had abeautiful smileand a twinkle in his eye. He was very charming and well loved and respected by all who knew him.

During his recent hospitalization, he was lovingly cared for by his wife Maria his daughter Tracy, and his son-in-law Brent (frog). His family was always at his side.

Magnel is pre-deceased by his beautiful daughter Tiffany Bourgeois, siblings, BrendaVicari,Mandry Bourgeois Jr., and Jeanie Danos He will be lovingly missed by his wife Maria Bourgeois anddaughters London Doiron (Ryan) and Tracy Savoie (Brent), as well as his grandsons Jordan Boyd and Brett Boyd and great grandchildren Basil,Remi and Ollie. He is also survived by his sister Linda Holland and brother JimmieBourgeois (Phyllis),April Jager, Paul Jones, numerous nieces andnephews, and Sonya Belgardwhom he loved like adaughter.

Aspecial thanks to Fr. Mike and Deacon Jim for their many visits over the years.

Afuneral service willbe held in his honor on Saturday, September 6, 2025 at Immaculate Conception Church, 4401 Seventh St, Marrero, LA 70072. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am followed by Mass at 11:00 am.

Andrew "Andy" Joseph Cousin, 77, passed away peacefully on the morning of August 20, 2025, surrounded by his loving family at East Jefferson General Hospital. Andy was born on April 23, 1948. He attended Archbishop Rummel High School and later proudly served his country in the U.S. Army before building along career as adedicated business owner. Aman of many passions, he especially enjoyed hunting and traveling,pursuits that reflected his adventurous spirit and love of the outdoors. Above all, Andy was devoted to hisfamily. He especially cherishedhis role as "Paw Paw" and delighted in spending time with his grandchildren. Whether playing, laughing, or simply being present, he loved every moment he could share with them. Andy was also known for his quiet generosity. His compassion and willingness to help others were hallmarks of hischaracter Andy is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Linda Crusta Cousin; his children Michael Cousin, Christi Cousin (Richy Farah), and Matthew Cousin (Brandi); and his cherished grandchildren Sophia Cousin, Miles Cousin, Oliver Farah, Alexander Farah, and Mason Cousin. He is also survived by his siblings Cornelius Cousin (Carol), Joyce Cypert and Philip Cousin, mother-in-law Shirley Crusta Leblanc, brothers-in-law Richard Crusta (Charlotte), Thomas Crusta (William), David Crusta (Marlene), along with many nieces, nephews, and extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cornelius and Eunice Cousin; his brother Joe Cousin, father-in-law Cosmo Crusta and his brother-in-law Robert Crusta, Sr. Those who knew Andy will remember him for hisstrong work ethic,his devotion to family, his generous spirit, and his warm, steady presence. He leavesbehind a legacy of strength, loyalty, andlove that will be deeply missed. The family would like to give special thanks to the nurses on the 7th floor of East Jefferson Hospital for their loving support. Relatives

and friends are invitedto attend amemorial service for Andy on Saturday, September 6, 2025, held at LakeLawn Metairie Funeral Home,5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans, LA. Visitation will be from 10:00am until the service begins at 12:00pm.

Day, JimmieRee

JimmieRee Day, age84, wascalledhomeonAu‐gust 21, 2025. Shewas born in Vaughn, MS,but wasa lifelong resident of New Orleans, La.She waspre‐cededindeath by parents, Samand AnnieBellDay;5 siblings,GladysRobinson, Mckinley Day, Mary (James)Day,Barbara (Prosper)Videauand Mil‐dred Day, daughter,Anna MarieDay andson,Marvin Day. Sheleavestocherish hermemories3 children, Wayne(Marnita) Day, Cor‐nel(Donna)Day andGer‐main Royal. 7grandchil‐dren,Nadia Day, Brandon (Porsha) Day, Solomon (Jessica)Day,Brionna Day, Taylor (Victor) Olowu, Gabrielle Royal, Gisselle Royal; 3great-grandchil‐dren,JadeDay,ElianaDay andZaynDay;2 siblings Melvin (Carolyn)Day,Betty (Herman) Jones; anda host of nieces,nephews, otherrelatives andfriends of thefamily. TulaneUni‐versityand TotalCommu‐nity Action (TCA) Inc. are allinvited to attend her celebrationofLifeService on Friday,September 5, 2025, 10:00 a.m. at D.W. Rhodes Chapel,3933 Wash‐ington Ave.,New Orleans, La.Visitationwillbegin at 9:00 a.m. Interment: Mt Olivet Cemetery.Arrange‐mentsbyD.W.RhodesFu‐neralHome, NewOrleans La.Pleasevisit www.rho desfuneral.comtosignthe online guestbook.Funeral canbelivestreamedat www.facebook.com/D.W RhodesFuneralHome/live

Flynn, Audrey Louise Oubre

Audrey Louise Oubre

Flynnpassedawaypeace‐fully on Friday,August29, 2025, at St.Margaret’sin NewOrleans,Louisiana Shewas 104 years old. Her passingfellonthe 20than‐niversaryofHurricane Kat‐rina.Itwas a fittingre‐minder of theresilience andspiritshe shared with thecityshe loved. Audrey wasbornonJanuary 5, 1921, in Reserve, Louisiana. Shewas thedaughterof Lise and Walter Oubre. Her birthcamejustthree years afterthe endofWorld War I. Shegraduated from the HotelDieuSchool of Nurs‐ingin1942 andwentonto dedicate four decadesof herlifeasa registered nurseatbothHotel Dieu (HeadNurse)and Baptist Hospital.After retiring,Au‐drey continuedher lifelong commitmenttoservice by volunteeringatNew Or‐leansCityHallfor more than 30 years. Audrey was preceded in deathbyher parents, hersisters Dorothyand Millicent,and herbrother Ivan.She is survived by herchildren, MichaelIvanFlynn (Lynn) andBarbara AnnFlynn; her grandchildren, Charlotte Lawrence (Andy),Michael FlynnJr. (Savannah),and Leland Flynn; andher great-grandchildren, An‐drew andWilliam Lawrence.She is also lov‐inglyrememberedbymany nieces andnephews.The family wouldliketoextend aspecial thankyou to MoniqueMartin, Shauntel Brownand St Margaret’s fortheir care of Audrey Friendsand family arein‐vitedtoattend thevisita‐tion at St.Rita’sChurch, 2729 LowerlineSt. in New OrleansonFriday, Septem‐ber5,2025, at 9:00 a.m. with aFuneralMasstofol‐lowat10:00 a.m. Burial will be private. In lieu of flow‐ers, memorial contribu‐tionsmay be made in her

honortoARC of NewOr‐leans, 925S.Labarre Rd Metairie,LA70001. To order flowersoroffercondo‐lences,pleasevisit www gardenofmemoriesmetairi e.com.

Gervey, Robert Lawrence 'Dr. Bob

Robert L. Gervey, affectionatelyknown as "Dr. Bob"diedsuddenly, at home, on Aug 19, 2025. Bob was borninNY, Dec 16, 1956, sonofMel and Yvette Gerveyand preceded in death by sisterShelly. Robert had alifetime career advocating for mental health populations, finding his niche as aMedical Psychologist in New Orleans. Dr Bobissurvived by his belovedwife and lifelong best friend Dr Cindy Ashkins, his cherishedson Dr EricGervey currentlyinKansas City (sonwithprior wife Oriana Linares),bonus sons Mark Kalusha (Kansas) and Ari Currera (NewOrleans). Bobwillalso be missed by his furry adventure buddy Sawyer. Dr Bob loved learning, theMets, friends (many lifelong), tennis, adventure travel,hiking and biking and did them allto themax.Bob was creative in his approach to therapy and deeply admired by the families he served. He will always be missed forhis sharp diagnostic skills, authenticity,humor, intensity andgenerous heart.Dr Gervey's family appreciates theoutpouring of care and support.The family willholda privateremembrance in theSpring of 2026. Donations may be madetoNPR or Lux Recovery House(Formerly TRC;Tulane University Recovery Center).

Gary "Coupper" Gray departedthislifeonFriday August 29, 2025. Sonofthe late AnnieMae Nobleand Clarence Gray Sr., Gary is survivedbyhis very devoted companionDora Nevers, siblings, children, stepchildren, grandchildren and ahost of other relatives and friends Acelebration of life will be held on Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 11:00a.m. at True Light Baptist Church, 258 S. Little Hope St.,Garyville, LA 70051. Rev. Sam Jones, host pastor,Rev.EricKeller, officiating. Visitation on Thursday at 10:00am. Interment St. John MemorialLaplace, La

Dr. Robert Lee Hewitt, age90, surgeon and educator,born November 2, 1934 in Paducah, Kentucky, onlychildofLee Alton Hewitt and DonisPearl Brown Hewitt,both natives of Mississippi, diedon

August 23, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A memorial servicewillbe held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1329 Jackson Avenue,New Orleans, LA on September 6, 2025 at 2 pm with theReverend John Pitzer officiating. Visitation with family will be in TrinityEpiscopal Church from1 pm to 1:45 pm. Private intermentat Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum. Dr. Hewittwas recognized nationallyand internationally as aleader in cardiovascular surgery and an educator in surgery.Heretired in 2006 as Chairman and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Surgery at Tulane University School of Medicine following adistinguished career which included:military surgery, academic surgery,private practice of surgery and academic administration He was amember of the leading national surgical societiesofhis specialty including:American Surgical Association, American Associationfor ThoracicSurgery DistinguishedFellowofthe Society forVascular Surgery, Southern Surgical Association, Society of University Surgeons and many others. He was certified by The American BoardofSurgery and by theAmerican Boardof Thoracicand Cardiac Surgery and was aFellow of theAmerican College of Surgeons. Dr. Hewitt was author of numerous publications and textbook chapters and was principal investigator for National InstitutesofHealth Research Grants in cardiac and cardiovascular surgery.Hewas Chairman of theDepartment of Surgery at Tulane University School of Medicine from1998 to 2006 during atime of expansion and introduction of minimallyinvasive and robotic surgery.Dr. Hewittwas a nativeofPaducah, Kentucky, and agraduate of AugustaTilghmanHigh School. He attended college at theUniversityof Louisvilleand receivedhis M.D.degree at Tulane University School of Medicine in 1959. He completed internshipand residency trainingingeneral, thoracic, and cardiovascularsurgery at Tulane from 1959 through 1966. He then served in theUnitedStates Army Medical Corpsas Captainand Commanding Officerofthe 240th Medical Detachment attached to the18thSurgical Hospitaland the71st EvacuationHospital, Pleiku, Vietnam from1966 to 1967. He then served at WalterReedArmyInstitute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington,D.C.from 1967 to 1968 as Acting Chief of theDepartment of Experimental Surgery in theDivision of Surgery where he madeoriginal contributions to thedevelopment of an Army Artificial Heart Pump as well as original contributions to surgery of vascularwar injuries.Following military service in 1968, Dr. Hewitt returned to join the faculty at Tulane as Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery.He became Professor of Surgery with tenure in 1975 and was Chief of the SectionofCardiacSurgery. He entered theprivate practice of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery in 1976. He subsequently served on theBoard of DirectorsofTulane Medical Center and the BoardofDirectors of Tulane University Hospital. He returned to theFaculty at Tulane in 1994. Dr. Hewitt served as President of the following:Tulane Surgical Society,New Orleans SurgicalSociety, Surgical Associationof Louisiana, Tulane Medical Alumni Association, Southern Surgeons Club and otherorganizations. He receivedthe Tulane Medical Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 and theTulane Medical Alumni Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2011. He was selectedbythe NewOrleans Young LeadershipCouncil

as aRoleModel Honoree in 1996. Dr.Hewitt wasalways appreciative for the privilegeofparticipatingin thecareofpatients, the education of surgical residents andmedical studentsand scientific research. He contributed to training and career developmentofsurgeons throughout theUnited States andinternationally as well.Hewas honored as Visiting Professor and Guest Lecturer to many medical schools and teachingcenters throughoutthe United States and world. Dr.Hewitt wasa member of Trinity Episcopal Church.Hewas amember of theGeneral SocietyofColonial Wars, Sons of theRevolution, Aztec Clubof1847, General SocietyofWar of 1812, Military OrderofForeign Warsand was aChevalier in theMilitary and Hospitaller OrderofSaint LazarusofJerusalem.He remained devotedtohis colleagues of the18th Surgical Hospital (Vietnam) andtheir reunions.Dr. Hewitt'ssurgicalactivitiesinVietnam were featuredinthe book "SoldiersSaving SoldiersVietnam Remembered: A History of the18th Surgical Hospital" authoredby JerryW.Martin, M.D. ad published in 2011. He wasa member of several carnival organizations. Dr Hewitt wasprecededin death by Emmy Parks Hewitt, neeEmmy Louise Parks, whodiedin1962, and Patricia Stewart Hewitt, neePatricia Margaret Stewart, who died in 2006. He is survived by hisfourchildren:Mrs. JamesRandolph Vivian DanielIV(Heather and Randy)ofRichmond,VA, Mr.RobertStewart Hewitt (Roband Nancy) of Covington,LA, Mr.Whit Butler Hewitt (Whit and Shelley) of NewOrleans, LA, andMs. Brooke Hewitt WarfofCarrollton,VA, and nine grandchildren: Parks Hewitt Daniel, James RandolphVivian DanielV (Ian and Chloe), Caroline Chapman Hewitt, Elizabeth LaneHewitt (Liza), Robert Leighton Hewitt (Leighton),William Blair Hewitt, JamesWarner Warf IV (Jim), Brandon Hewitt Warfand Colton William Warf. Thefamilywould like to thankthe team of caregiversatCamelliaHouse of Poydras Home, especially Crystal, Zina, Sharone, Hattie,Laura, andDanielle, andAnvoi Hospice,especially Adam, Mark and ChaplainZeal.Inlieuof flowers, contributions may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church,1329 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130 or Tulane University School of Medicine,1430 Tulane AvenueNew Orleans, LA 70112. To view andsignthe online guestbook, please visit www.lakelawnmetairi e.com

Thomas R. Hymel, Sr (Tommy)passedaway peacefully August 29, 2025, at age93. He wasborn April3,1932, to parentsLi‐onel Jr.and Louise LaCroix Hymel. He wasa native and49-year resident of Good Hope,LA. He wasre‐unitedinheavenwithhis belovedwifeof67years, Myrtis St.PierreHymel, daughter Sheree, son TommyJr.,sisterElva Friloux andbrother Leroy. He is survived by hisbroth‐ers Rockne andLionelIII (Ann),childrenChris “Kike” (Kathy), Jodi (Dave),and Mark (Katherine), grand‐

children Joey (Lisa), Danielle,Christina,Tára (David), Ryan (Cristina), James(Halee),Justin(Lea) Jessi (Chandler),and Matthew (Caroline),and 11 great-grandchildren. He wasa U.S. Navy veteran andretired from GATX.He will be remembered forhis strong yetgentlelove, gen‐erosity, steadfastloyalty, love of histreasured cows andhis adorationofhis wife.Hewillbedeeply missedbyhis family, who will carry hisvalueswith them always,cherishing thecountless memories Services will be held on Thursday,September 4, 2025, at St.Charles Bor‐romeoCatholicChurch, 13396 RiverRd.,Destrehan Visitation at 9:30 a.m., Mass at 12 p.m.,withburial to follow in thechurch cemetery.

Juran, Mona MonaJuran,age 82 years, died in New Orleans on August 31, 2025. She was anativeofSweden anda resident of New Orleanssince 1968. She was thebeloved wife of Leo Juran; mother of their children,Dan (Yoko), Mike (Michal), Tina (Herman), MaeveWatkins (Stan), Pete (Rupal) and Dave (Ashley); grandmotherof Hannah,Shir,Isabelle, Sivan,Alex, Guy, Andrew, Gil,Jovi, Leelah, Mallika, Lenaand Anjali. Kindly omit flowers, memorial in Mona'smemoryare suggested to Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation Sisterhood, 3737 W Esplanade Ave. Metairie, LA 70002.A graveside service willbeheldon Tuesday, September2, 2025 at Tikvat Shalom Cemetery in Jefferson Memorial Gardens,11316 RiverRdSt. Rose, Louisiana.

Cheryl AnnCook Lamb departed this life with her loving husband by herside on Sunday,August24, 2025. Cheryl wasbornonApril 25, 1957, in NewOrleans, LA to thelateLawrence, Jr andGenevaCook.She was agraduateofO.Perry Walker High Schoolsclass of 1975. In addition to her parents, Cheryl is also pre‐cededindeath by ason, JonahLockett; grandpar‐ents,Lawrence, Sr.and JuanitaCook ,Wilburand Beatrice Harris.Survivors includeher devotedhus‐band,ConvossieLamb; son, Jazz Mitchell;siblings, AaronCook,Sr. (Rose) Sandra C. Peters (Herman), GwendolynC.Johnson (Norman),DarrinCook,Sr. (Monique), TriniceC Matthews(Byron) and Lawrence Cook,III. Cheryl wasa devotedservant of God, loving wife,mother, sister andfriendtoall.All areinvited to attend the funeral.A Celebrationser‐vice honoring thelifeand legacy of thelateCheryl AnnCook Lamb will be held in theChapelofChar‐bonnetLabat GlapionFu‐neralHome, 1615 St.Philip Street,New Orleans, LA 70116 on Wednesday, Sep‐tember 3, 2025 at 10 am.In‐termentRestlawnPark Cemetery,3540 US 90, Avondale,LA70094. Visita‐tion 9aminthe chapel Please sign online guest‐book at www.charbonnetf uneralhome.com. Charbon‐

Cousin, Andrew Joseph 'Andy'

Lamb,CherylAnn Cook

Gray, Gary 'Coupper'

HymelSr.,Thomas R. 'Tommy'

Hewitt M.D., Robert Lee

netLabat Glapion, Direc‐tors (504) 581-4411. PointHealthCare, The SanctuaryatPassages Hospiceand Sanctuary Hospiceareinvited to at‐tend thefuneral.A Cele‐brationservice honoring thelifeand legacy of the late Rose Mary Lawrence will be held in theChapel of Charbonnet Labat GlapionFuneralHome, 1615 St.PhilipStreet,New Orleans, LA 70116 on Thursday,September 4, 2025 at 10 am.Interment Holt Cemetery.Visitation9 am in theChapel. Please sign online guestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com.CharbonnetLabat Glapion, Directors (504)581-4411.

Lapeyrouse,MorrisJ

On WednesdayAugust 13, 2025, at 1:18 p.m.,God called Morris J. Lapeyrouse home to Heaven.Hewas 97 yearsold,borninNew Or‐leansonOctober 20, 1927 to parentsMorrisLapey‐rouseofHouma andClaire ToupsLapeyrouseofThi‐bodaux.Morrisissurvived by daughter Denise Leonard(Roy);son Keith Lapeyrouse (Sandra); grandson JamesLapey‐rouse; sistersMarlene Lapeyrouse Lorioand the late Marion Waguen‐hauser;latestepdaughter XeniaHelmstetter and stepdaughter-in-lawCindy Goudeau(Gano); anddaily caretakerTerri Rushing. Morriswas trulyconsid‐ered a“catch” with his good looks, easy charm, andhardworkethic.He marriedThelmaWigginton Lapeyrouse,and some 10 yearslater after Thelma’s passing, Nellie Forsythe Lapeyrouse.Sadly,both passedawaybeforehim after sufferinglong-time illnesses; Morris lovingly caredfor them until their passing. In theearly years of hismarriagetoThelma, he movedthe littlefamily to Chalmette andenjoyed life fullythere.Morrisgrad‐uatedfromAloysiusHigh School andDelgado Com‐munity College, and worked 30 yearsfor the FederalGovernmentatthe Port of Embarkationasa Plannerand Estimator. He wasalsointhe Merchant Marinesand drafted into theArmyduringthe Ko‐rean War. Morrisretired at 54 with acomfortable pen‐sion.Heloved workingon wood projects,but could also do electrical,plumb‐ing, roofing,cementing, andmostanythingelse. He addedontothe Chalmette houseseveral timesand renovatedthe AlgiersPoint houseafter he moved there. Morriswas Godfa‐ther to severalnieces and nephews, andloved play‐ingballinthe backyard andteachingthemtobuild construction itemsaswell. Whilebusyatworkand home with Thelma being sick earlyon, Morris still found time to be active at OurLadyofPromptSuccor Church in Chalmette and wasanAssistantBoy ScoutLeaderofTroop 85. He helped to establishthe Bullseye ShootingRange andenjoyed theNARF, Na‐tional AssociationofRe‐tiredFederal Employees, andtheir meetings.Hewas an avid guncollector and reloader,and wonseveral shootingcompetitions. Relativesand friendsare invitedtoattend avisita‐tion on Saturday,Septem‐ber6,2025 at Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church,400 Verret Street,New Orleans, LA 70114,from9 am to 11 am with aFuneralMassat 11 am.Burialservicesto followatWestlawnMemo‐rial Park,1225 Whitney Ave.,Terrytown, LA 70056.

Rose Mary Lawrence, age82, passedawayon Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at TheSanctuary at Passages Hospice. Wife of the late HenryMorgan, Sr.Daugh‐terofthe late Margiana Youngblood andAdam Lawrence,Sr. In addition to herhusband andparents, Rose Mary is also preceded in deathbythree children, Bruceand KevinLawrence andLawrenceDrummond; siblings,Helen Jones, DorothyMae,Adam Lawrence, Jr.and Lionel Nelson.Survivors include sevenchildren, Micheal, Carnelland Alexander Lawrence,Fredrickand Shelia Smith, MichealHum‐bles andHenry Morgan,Jr; tengrandchildren,six greatgrandchildren,a host of nieces,nephews, cousins, otherrelatives andfriends.Relatives, friendsand staff of Bridge

Manning,Barbara St.John

Our beloved mother, grandmother,and greatgrandmother, Barbara St. John Manning,age 83, of Metairie, Louisiana,passed awayinthe early hours of August23, 2025, at the LCMC ICU surrounded by her loving family. Barbara was bornonNovember25, 1941,inNew Orleans, Louisiana.She wasthe daughter of Gertude and WilliamSt. John. The majorityof Barbara's life wasspent as astay-at-home mom raising five childrenwho were bornover aspan of sixteen years. Barbarawas alovingmother,disciplinarian, friend, and counselorwho instilleda deepsense of family in her children.A testament to that sense of family is the fact thather childrenpurchased homes and live withinblocks of thefamilyhome where they wereraised.Onceher childrenweregrown, Barbaradecidedtoenter into the business worldby opening several businesses with her husband, LeRoy"Red"Manning, Sr Thefirst was Rainbow Paint& Wallcovering, Inc, a business that openedin 1991when Barbarawas fifty yearsold. While successfulwith Rainbow Paint, Barbara wantedto take her passion forcooking into arestaurant. In 1996Barbara and Redsold Rainbow Paint and opened the Corner Café,a neighborhood restaurant that was operated by her for over twenty years. At the ageof77Barbara finally retired and soldthe Corner Café. During herover twenty yearsofoperating the Corner Café, Barbara establisheda loyalcustomer base and employed many people. Customers and employeesalike all knewthat they were more than customersand workers -they wereher friends. Barbara had many differentinterests during her lifetime. In her younger years she was an excellent bowler and becameaninstructor.Atone time, Barbara and Red wereboth LSUand Saints season ticketholders. Barbara loved Mardi Gras and rode in various parades for years.Barbara andher friendsestablished their own Mardi Gras krewe and paraded in Kennerinthe 1970's. Shealsoowned parrotsand show dogs. For awhileshe ownedindoor cats until the events we know as the "dryer incidents." Mostly, Barbara lovedher immediate and extendedfamily. Shewas the go-to person for holiday festivities andparties whereall werewelcome After the birth of her first child, LeRoy Jr., Barbara began aChristmas Evetraditionthat has taken place fornearly70years. Family, neighbors, and friendsall enjoyed avisit from Santa Claus every year.Noone was left out. Barbara made sure that everyonewho attendedhad agiftwaiting for themwhen Santa called theirname. Barbara is survivedby her 5children -Leroy Manning, Jr Perry Manning, Sr. (Liz), Shawn Manning (Michelle), Jason Manning, Sr. (Jennifer) and Staci Manning Perez (Byran). She is furthersurvivedby12grandchildrenLeRoy Manning III, Perry Manning, Jr. (Mary Grace), AmberManning (Glenn Jr.), Kyle Manning (Caitlin), CaseyManning, Jason Manning Jr., Carson Perez, Jonathan Manning, Mason Perez, Hudson Perez, Emily Manning, and Branson Perez.Barbara is further survivedbyher 5greatgrandchildren -Sadie,

Harper, Glenn III, PerryIII, and Hannah. She is also survivedbyher brothersWilliam St.John, Warren St. John, and Robert St John. Predeceasing Barbara was theloveofher life and husband fornearly50 years, LeRoy Manning,Sr. She was further predeceasedbyher parents, William St. John, Sr.and Gertrude Dimaggio St. John as well as by her brother, Dale St.John. Relatives, friends,customers, and employees of theCornerCaféare invited and welcomed to attend theCelebrationofLifeservice on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm with a mass beginning at 7:00. The celebration and mass willtakeplace at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd.,New Orleans, Louisiana. Interment will be held privately by the family thenext day.

Rousseau, Larry J. 'Capt.USNRRet.'

LarryJ.Rousseau (Capt USNR Ret.), anativeand lifetime resident of New Orleans, passedaway on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at theage of 91, after a brief illness.

Capt. Rousseauwas born on September 28, 1933, to Thelma P. and GeorgeE.Rousseau,Sr. He was precededindeathby his belovedwife,the late Myra Murphy Rousseau, and is survivedbyhis sisters-in-lawCarolMurphy Canale, EileenMurphy Thomas, and Ursula Perez Murphy; his brother-in-law William H. Murphy; and many nieces and nephews. Capt. Rousseauwas an alumnus of the St. Paul's School, Covington, LA Class of 1952, where he was amember of thefootball and tennis teams. He graduated fromTulane University in 1956 with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and Structural Engineering. He was aregisteredProfessional Engineerand Surveyorin Louisiana, and aregistered Professional Engineer in Mississippi. During his lengthy career, he was a designengineer for Boeing, where he worked on theS-1 Saturn Booster program; Project Engineer of NavigationProjects for theNew Orleans District, U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers;and Project Coordinator for Design/ Constructionofthe Weeks IslandPetroleumStorage Complex of theStrategic PetroleumReserve, U.S Department of Energy

After graduating from Tulane, Capt. Rousseau was commissioned as an officerinthe U.S. Navy.He served on activedutyfor several yearsthereafter and later transferred to the Naval Reserves, retiring in 1979. While in the Navy,he served as Commanding Officerofthe Reserve Crews of theDestroyers

U.S.S. Putnam and U.S.S. Lawe; Operations Officer of theDestroyer Escort

U.S.S. Woodson; Executive Officerofthe Destroyer

U.S.S. Hyman; Commanding Officer (N.R.) of theMilitarySealift Command (Gulf Sub-Area); and Commanding Officer Naval RepairFacility (N.R.), SanDiego 310 for theNaval SeaSystems Command.

Capt. Rousseauwas a past President of the Lakeside Villa Condominium Association; past President of the Naval Reserve Association (Acadian Chapter);past District #1 Representative, St.Andrew theApostle Parish Council;and a Member of the American Society of CivilEngineers and American Society of MilitaryEngineers. He was also apast member of Diamondhead Yachtand Country Club, aformer memberofSouthern Yacht Club, and alifetimememberofDelta Sigma Phi Fraternity.

Capt. Rousseauwas an avid sailor and golfer. He lovedthe Tulane Green Wave, Saintsfootball, Frank Sinatra, greatfood, a good OldFashioned,and time with friends.Hemost recently was aresident of The Azaleas in Woldenberg Village,where he enjoyed bingoand Mexican Train Dominos. He willbegreatly missed by his family and f i d

friends Relatives and friends are invitedtoattend the Funeral Mass in the chapel at LakeLawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. in New Orleans, on Friday, September 5, 2025 at 12:00PM. Avisitation will be held at thefuneral home beginning at 10:00AM. The interment will follow theMass at All Saints Mausoleum. To view and sign theonline guest book, please visit LakeLawnMetairie.com

WilliamAlden Settoon Jr., also knownasBill, UncleBill, Uggo Bill,Mr. Margaret Orr, Dad, and most importantly, Papa, passed away peacefully in hishomeonTuesday,Au‐gust 26,2025. He was75. Bill wasborninFranklin‐ton, LA,onOctober 6, 1949, to Williamand GraceSet‐toon.Hegrewupinthe Lakeview neighborhood of NewOrleans,and got a tastefor travel andadven‐ture at ayoung age as his father worked abroad in Jamaicaand Ghana. Bill graduatedfromSewanee MilitaryAcademy in 1967, LouisianaState University in 1971, andTulaneUniver‐sity in 1974. Bill’s earlyca‐reer took himtoColombia, Calgary, andHouston where he soaked up the localculturesbeforere‐turningtoNew Orleans. Bill’s younger yearswere filledwithmemorable ex‐periences. He wasproudly presentatThe Warehouse to seeThe Grateful Dead thenight after they were busted down on Bourbon Street,havingtoleave an eventtocatch thehistori‐calshowinhis tuxedo.Bill marriedhis loving wife Margaret on November 12, 1983. They movedtoLake Vistaand were proudtore‐side in theneighborhood for40+ years. Bill believed Lake Vistawas thebest placetoraise afamily, and that is whathedid,wel‐coming threechildren: Kathleen,Alden,and Grace. Educated as a chemical engineer,Billhad alongcareer spanning oil andgas,waste manage‐ment,and culminatingin themedical marijuanain‐dustry throughpartnership with theLSU-AgCenter. He wasactiveatSt. Paul’s EpiscopalSchool and Church,and wasa member of theSouthernYacht Club where he spentmany sum‐mers cheeringhis kids on at swim meets. Yearslater, he couldbespotted layer‐ingJesuitand Sacred Heart hats to show supportfor hischildrenatboth schools. Bill ensuredall the children in hislifewere readersbyintroducing them to thelibrary and readingwiththem. Bill had alongstandingpolicy where he gifted oneJazz Fest ticket peryearfor each of hischildren, to en‐sure they were appropri‐atelycultured. Bill’s civic leadership included two termsasa boardmember of theNew OrleansPublic Library, where he worked with theCityofNew Or‐leansand FEMA to bringli‐brariesbackpost-Katrina andwas instrumental in theconstructionof five newbranches. He served on theLakeVista Crime Prevention District as Com‐missionerand Treasurer. More recently,Billwas ap‐pointedtothe Flood Pro‐tectionAuthority-Board where he served from 2022 to 2025, from which he and otherboard membershon‐orably resigned in protest as they believed the agency wasnolongerfo‐cusedon flood protection Bill’s warmth,intelligence, loyalty, senseofhumor andstorytellingmadehim atruefriendtomanypeo‐pleofall ages.Hewas quicktolenda helping hand,extendkindness, andlaugh easily andcon‐tagiously. He wasa big personalitywho shared of himselfgenerously. Bill mayhavebeen larger than life,but hisselflessnessis whatdefinedhim.His fam‐ilywas hispride andjoy He washappy to be “Mr. Margaret Orr” supporting hiswife’shigh-profile ca‐reer.Hecherished hisrole as uncle to hisnephew Thomas andbecame knownas “Uncle Bill”to many.(This waslater adaptedto“Uggo Bill”by hisgreat-niece andgreatnephew.) AfterKatrina,Bill returned to Lake Vista early, andservedasthe

neighborhood messenger andboss, helpingneigh‐bors in theheatbyturning offtheir waterand gas connectionstoavoid addi‐tional disaster.Whenhis daughter needed cancer treatmentout of statere‐quiringmonthsofisola‐tion,Billservedasher pri‐mary caregiver, seeing her throughto14years of re‐mission, to date.Atthe time of hispassing,Bill went mostly by “Papa. Papa wasenjoyingretire‐ment with hiswifeand family, which included an active role in grandchil‐dren’s lives, trying to train Skye thepuppy with his wife,searching forthe best soft-shell crab po-boy in NewOrleans with the ROMEOs (Retired OldMen Eating Out),and starting a chessclubwithhis grand‐son. He wasprecededin deathbyhis parents, Williamand GraceSettoon, sisters, Claire Miller and Jane McEachin,niece SarahMcEachinLopez,his soul dogBleu, andmany dear friends. He is survived by hiswifeMargaret, chil‐dren Kathleen,Alden (Brit‐tany), andGrace,his three grandchildren, Anders, Suzie, andEmery Settoon Nephew Thomas McEachin (Kerry), great-nieceJane McEachin,great-nephew Thomas McEachin Jr and many dear friends. Funeral services will be at St Paul’s EpiscopalChurch on Friday,September 12, 2025 at 11:00 am,withvisitation from 9:00 –11:00 am.Inlieu of flowers, please consider adonationtothe Friends of theNew OrleansPublic Library. https:// friendsnola.org/supportthe-library/

Margaret E. Sincereen‐teredintoeternal rest on August 23, 2025 at herresi‐dence. Shewas 87 years old. Daughter of thelate Edward Sincere, Sr.and Florence Turner Sincere. Sister of thelateEdward SincereJr.,ArmondSin‐cere,Richard Sincereand Joseph SincereSr.,sisterin-law of thelateGwenSin‐cere.Devoted aunt of Marva(Myra)Pugh, Mary Pugh,LisaPugh, Joann Alexis,MaryPugh, Velva Ayad,Brian Sincere, Lynnar Jones, andthe late Vernon Sincere. Devotedfriendof Gwen Honore.Alsosur‐vivedbya host of other nieces andnephews,great nieces,great nephews, cousinsand friends. She retiredafter 40 yearsfrom BaptistHospital. Relatives andfriends of thefamily areinvited to attend the FuneralMassofChristian Burial on Friday September 5, 2025 for10:00 a.m. at St KatharineDrexelCatholic Church,2015 Louisiana Ave.,New Orleans, La 70115. Visitation:9:00a.m until 10:00 a.m. (Mass time). Father LambertA Lein,SVD.Interment:St. Vincent#2Cemetery, 1950 Soniat St.New Orleans, La 70115. Arrangements en‐trustedtoEstelle J. Wilson FuneralHome, Inc.,2715 Danneel St.NOLA70113. In‐formation: (504) 895-4903. To sign online guestbook please visitwww.estelle jwilsonfh.com.

Thomas Sr., Anthony Nathan 'Tony'

Anthony"Tony"Nathan Thomas Sr age70, was born on February 17, 1955 in NewOrleans,LA. He passedawayonFriday, Au‐gust 22, 2025 in Pensacola, FL surrounded by family. He wasa graduate of Mc‐Donogh 35 High School c/o 1973, andfurthered hised‐ucationatthe University of NewOrleans studying ac‐counting. Anthonywas also apassionatephotog‐rapher andaccountant. Re‐maining to cherishAn‐thony'smemoryishis spouse Lari Thomas,his children AnthonyN Thomas Jr., ArielThomas, andKristen

Thomas;Godfather of An‐gelique Holmes andLamar Edwards; 2sisters,Anna LeeThomasand An‐toinette Wells;hewas also survived by ahostof nephews, nieces,cousins, andfriends.Hewas pre‐cededindeath by hispar‐ents Andrew andLulaHill Thomas,and siblings Larry Thomas andLorraineEd‐wards. Family andfriends of thefamilyare invitedto attend theCelebration of Life ServiceonFriday, Sep‐tember 5, 2025 at Gertrude GeddesWillisFuneral Home,2120 JacksonAv‐enue,New Orleans, LA 70113 at 10:00 a.m. Visita‐tion from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. IntermentMount Olivet Cemetery,4000 Nor‐manMayer Ave.,New Or‐leans, LA 70122. Youmay sign theguest book on www.gertrudegeddeswilli s.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis FuneralHomeInc., in charge (504) 522-2525.

Myesha Sandrill WhiteMerrell, enteredheavens gatesonFriday, August 15, 2025 at theage of 33. A graduate of CapitolHigh School in BatonRouge LA, Myesha wasemployedasa Paraprofessional at South‐downs Pre-KCenter, where shepassionatelyassisted with autistic children.She is theproud wife of Darron SilasMerrell; amazing mother of Naomi, Neko, Naijaand herbonus ba‐bies,Kalea andDalton; lov‐ingdaughterofLisaWhite, BrianCyrus (stepfather) andMervinWarmington, Sr;devoted sister of Alice (DJ) Robinson,Mervin Warmington,Jr.,Brian Whiteand Bri'ironna Cyrus; loving aunt of Bray‐denSharper andBailei Cyrus; devotedbestfriend of Aisi Egharevba; loving GodmotherofJa'mari Archield andAmere Thomas;lovingdaughterin lawofSharonand Dallas Merrell; loving sister-inlawofDayna Merrell. Mye‐shaisprecededindeath by hergrandmother, BessieWhite anddear friend,FrelishaCarr. In ad‐dition to herimmediate family, Myesha also leaves to cherishher memory,a host of otherrelatives, friends, aunts, uncles cousins, niece, nephew andthose who's livesshe touchedinsomespecial way. Pastor andmembers of Beacon LightBaptist Church,Baton Rouge LA, NewHomeMinistries, BatonRouge LA and2nd BaptistChurch,6th Dist NewOrleans,LA; Relatives, friendsand co-workers of SouthdownPre-K Center andLSU PerformanceNu‐tritionCenter, areinvited to attend thefuneral.A Celebrationservice honor‐ingthe life of thelateMye‐shaS.White-Merrell will be held in theChapelofChar‐bonnet LabatGlapion Fu‐neralHome, 1615 St Philip Street,New Orleans, LA 70116 on Thursday,Sep‐tember 4, 2025 at 1pm, Pastor Robinson,Officiat‐ing. IntermentResthaven Memorial Park,10400 Old GentillyRoad, NewOr‐leans, LA 70127. Visitation 12 noon in thechapel. Please sign online guest‐book at www.charbonnetf uneralhome.com. Charbon‐netLabat Glapion, Direc‐tors (504) 581 4411.

Settoon Jr., WilliamAlden

White-Merrell, Myesha Sandrill

Sincere, Margaret E.

Privatedonors help Amistad Research Center carryon

The Amistad Research Center‘s executive director Kathe Hambrick did something she didn’twant to do earlier this summer: She told half of her staff she couldn’tafford to keep themon.

Fortypercent of the internationally recognized center’s$1.5 million budget waswiped out when the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences notified Hambrick thatthe Amistad’s grants had been terminated.The reason wasnot specified,but the decisionbythe federal agency that provides library and museum grants wasin sync with President Donald Trump’saim to end support for groups, organizations and programs that reflect the experiences and history of underserved and underrepresented communities.

The cuts wenttothe heart of theAmistad Research Center’smission.Named forthe ship on which kidnapped Africans bound forslavery revoltedin1839, the center,whichishoused at Tulane University,holds amassive archive documenting the experiences of African American and other minoritygroups in theU.S., from paintings by acclaimed artist Jacob Lawrence to the records of the LouisianaCoalitionAgainst Racism and Nazism, which exposedthe history of politician and former Ku KluxKlanleader David Duke. Hambrick quickly set about saving the center’swork.

Separate from its mainwebsite, she created a “Save Black History” companionsite to drawattention to the center’sfinancial plight.

It turnedout that help arrived quickerthan Hambrick could have imagined.Inlessthan three months, the center raised more than $1.6 million, and fiveofthe seven laid-off employees have been rehired. In arecent statement,the executive director expressed herappreciation.

“Because of this generosity andsupport, Amistad’sstaff can continueits mission of making the stories and voices of marginalized groups available to the public whiletrainingthe next generation of preservation professionals,” she wrote.

The Andrew W. MellonFoundation made a three-year commitment, promising$750,000 for generaloperatingneeds.The Getty Foundation made atwo-yearpromiseofatotal of $275,000 to help with operations and save thepapersand works of sculptor RichmondBarthé, master artist Elizabeth Catlett, cartographer LouiseJefferson andvisualartist Senga Nengudi through its Black Visual Arts Archivesinitiative. About 300 individuals and group donors contributed smaller donations of $5 to $100,000. Noting the “difficult environment in which all of our organizations are operating,amid increasing challenges andattacks fromthe current administration in Washington, D.C.,” Hambrick told the center’sbenefactors that their “commitment to stand withAmistadduring this critical time speaks volumes.”

The Amistad Research Center startedat Fisk University in Nashville, moved to Dillard University thentoTulane. Throughout, it has continued to be aplace where academics, researchers, scholars and citizens have visitedto dig deeper into our American history It deserves continued support

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astreet address andphone

or email letters@ theadvocate.com.

Recently Iread aletter sent in by Adrian Bruneau.

Onething that caught my attention was that he said theleft was tearing down statues of our founders and rewriting history through the lens of grievance. I’m going to pose aquestion to Bruneau and any others who hold that point of view: Would you rather that we ignore our founders’faults and issues and paint them as perfect beings?

Washington owned slaves. Lincoln believed African Americansweren’t equal to whites. FDR put over 100,000 Japanese Americansininternment camps. Pretending that these things didn’thappen doesn’tmean that they didn’t.

Butarecent executive order has declared that exhibits under theDepartmentofthe Interior that “inappropriately disparage Americanspast or living” are to be removed. This now

In Rich Lowry’scolumn on gerrymandering, he gives an example of a Democrat gerrymander.Hedoesn’t point out that in 2021 Democrats proposed abill that would have eliminated gerrymandering for purely political advantage.

It provided clear guidelines for courts to use to identify district divisions created solely for partisan purposes. It would also have provided

Thanks for your continued coverage of the abominable death, destruction and devastation in Gazaand Israel.

As youreported, as of Aug. 6, this has continued for morethan 22 months.In Israel, an estimated 1,139 people were killed and 250 taken hostage in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack in addition to other Israelis killed sincethen. And over 61,000 Palestinians have died, many by starvation when food and other relief suppliesare at their doorstep.

Iaffirm theright of thestate of Israel to existinpeace and to defend itself. I alsoaffirm theright of astate of Palestine to existinpeace and defend itself. IamaChristian. With many others, Iabhor thecontinuing mutual destruction and annihi-

meansthat morethan adozen references to slavery are in danger of being removed from Independence National Historic Park, with the supposed objectiveofrestoring “truth and sanity.”

Not only this, but mentions of queer and transgender people wereremoved from theNational Park Service’s Stonewall website. History is being rewritten as we speak

Yetasignificant number of people (including Bruneau) act as if an honest and critical view of leaders and figures who made questionable decisions is completely unreasonable.Teaching kids that the best of us are still human is good for them. We have to accept our founders, flaws and all. By erasing and censoring our past mistakes we’re setting our country up to repeat those very mistakes that we’ve tried to forget. EMMETTMURPHY Baton Rouge

courts the power to reject those divisions. That bill didn’tget far, but it shows that Democrats were willing to give up political gerrymandering. Now Republicans are outraged that states led by Democrats wanttofollow Texas’ lead and redraw their own maps. SeemstomeTexas Gov.Greg Abbottstarted theball rolling.

ANDREWGALLIEN Harahan

lation of thepeople of Israel and Palestine.Ibelieve that The God of Abraham creates all human beings and declares each one to be good. Ibelieve that God loves everyone God gives birth to. As a Christian, Ibelieve that this applies to one’senemies as wellastooneself. God led Moses and his people out of slavery intothe desert and fed them manna from heaven. At Meribah, God gave the people water to drink. Jesus fed thousands of people. Ibelieve that it grieves theCreator –asitgrieves so many of us –that starvation is being used as as tactic of politicsand war. Idonot have apolitical solution to this abomination. But it must stop.

RICHARD SAXER NewOrleans

The U.S. 90 bridges at the Louisiana/Mississippi state line have been shut downfor way too long. At first, it was believed that it would only be fortwo years, but that deadline has passed with no immediate plans for reconstruction. One wonders if the problem of delayed reconstruction is with Mississippi or Louisiana or both. Many people are frequent travelers from the NewOrleans area to eastern Gulf states forweekend beach trips or vacations. Itravel frequently from Metairie to Pensacola and back. This trip is usually about 3.5 hours using Interstate 10. Many times, there are accidents or roadwork that reduces lanes to one. Traffic backsupfor miles.

My trip last week was six hours due to an accidentonthe high bridge at the Louisiana/Mississippi state line. The alternate route, U.S. 90, that would relieve such congestion, remains closed. This bridge is so important in times of hurricane evacuation and necessary forthe restoration of the economy of the businesses located in the area.

Let’sput our state representatives and the governors in acouple of the traffic jamsand see what happens. FRAN WISEWAN Metairie

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy et al. are wrong to concur with the president’s overreach in firing the commissioner of Labor Statistics and, worse,are in arace to the bottom to supplicate for an endorsement. The bureau generates its job numbers by reviewing past data and current trends, and the Trump tariff “policy” of wild swings, phantom deadlines and governing-bygrievance takes an imperfect science and injects an unprecedented degree of uncertainty into the process. Our commander-in-chief is knocking over the water glass and asking whythe table is wet.

TAYLOR LORIO Metairie

Skepticismiscalledfor as LSUarena deal progresses

Maybe LSU does need anew $400 million arena.

collegesports, first-rate facilities are amust

Of the 21 museumsunder the umbrella of the Smithsonian Institution, one in particular seemsrecently to have rubbed President Donald Trumpthe wrong way

“The Smithsonian is OUTOFCONTROL,” Trumpfulminated in asocial media postTuesday,“where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been —Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future.”

Maybe the best way to build it is in apublic-private partnership with Oak View Group.Maybe they’re the only ones capable of building, funding and operating the arena. Maybe the only way to get this offthe ground is to offer $100 million or more in financial incentives from Tiger Athletic Foundation and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Maybe negotiating over further incentives funded by sales tax in thearena district is also necessary

And maybe, just maybe, anew arena will be a“catalyzing” development for the city of BatonRouge that will not only generate new convention business butboost the city’slive-event profile and help persuade more youngpeople that Baton Rouge is worthsticking around in after graduatingfrom LSU or Southern.

Maybe all of those things are true. That’scertainly the sales pitch being offered by awide range of proponents, including leaders from TAF, FMOL, Visit Baton Rouge, the Baton Rouge Area Chamber and the Baton Rouge AreaFoundation, all of whom sat down with this newspaper’seditorial board last week.

And let me say this: LSU definitely needs anew arena. The PeteMaravich Assembly Center is obsoleteand insufficient for big time athletics. Andifwe know anything about thisnew era of

Butunlike Shaquille O’Neal, who very publicly announced his investment in the new arena, I’m not sold. I’m notwillingtogrant all those “maybes.”

Iamalso not ready togoasfar as East Baton Rouge Republican Party chairman WoodyJenkins, who called the plan a“scam” and “corrupt.”

Idothink adose of skepticism is healthy, myself included.

Lest we forget, LSU stands for Louisiana State University.It’sthe very essence of apublic entity and the brand is one that manyLouisianans —myself certainly included —hold very dearly

Yetinthe plans for anew arena, aprivate organization,TAF,was negotiating on behalfofthe universityand by extension, the people of Louisiana.

TAFsaysthat originally,there were 19 potential developers, alist that was whittled to 12-14, then six, then two. TAFdenied public records requests from this newspaper for documents related to those other firms or about the process. In theend, they only named the two finalists. Then the second, ASM Legends, dropped out.

Oak View Group is the only company that can do this project, its proponents argue. This makes it look less like good business, as proponentsinsist,and morelike old-style Louisianapolitics.

When Oak View founder and former CEO TimothyJ.Leiweke was indicted on acharge ofbid-rigging in Texas, it just solidifiedthat image even if that’s unfair.The indictment has nothing to do with theLouisiana project, Leiweke insists he’sinnocentand he plans to

fight thecharges, we are told. ButweinLouisiana have seen this story before. Ourcynicism is justified Andthen there are thetens of millions of dollars in incentives that could flow to Oak View Group. According to adraft of theterm sheet from last fall, TAFwould pay Oak View $30 million over the first 10 years of the deal and then $40 million over years 11-20. In addition, $40 million from the$50 million, 10-year naming rightsdeal from Franciscan Missionaries of OurLady would also go to Oak View Group. Somesimple math makes that $70 million in the arena’sfirst 10 years from those two entities. Andatleast $110 million in the first 20 years. To be fair,that’s not public money per se,but given thenumber of folks beholden to TAFfor their LSU tickets or who rely on FMOL medical care, it feels like it. Throw on top of that the potential thatsome of the one-cent sales tax planned for thearena district may also be funneled back to Oak View Group, and that number grows even more. Of course, all of those elements are still being negotiated before afinal termsheet is hammered out. Butstill, that’sa lot of sweetener for what, it seems, should be aprofitable venue. Perhaps these elements will be better explained in the coming months and my concerns will be mollified.I’m open to that. Butinthe meantime, we should remain dubious. After all, we’re from Louisiana. We’ve earned it

Faimon A. RobertsIII can be reached at froberts@theadvocate.com.

Mercy me. Imagine that! A museum dedicated to African American history and culture that dares to include someexhibits about slavery If you haven’tseen the real thing —and I have been back with friends and relatives more times than Ihave kept count —the experience is nowhere near as gloomyasthe president recollects. They even have Chuck Berry’sred Cadillac Eldorado on display,speaking of “success” and “brightness.”

Well, hard as this may be to believe, the president’sdescription of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture falls woefully short of accuracy especially in comparison to his remarks at the museum’s opening in 2017.

“I’m deeply proud that we now have amuseum that honors the millions of African American men and women whobuilt our national heritage,” he said, “especially when it comes to faith, culture and the unbreakable American spirit....”

“And it really is very,very special. It’s something that, frankly,ifyou want to know the truth, it’sdoing so well that everybody is talking about it.”

Ah, what adifference eight years make!

The president’srecent comments came a week after the White House sent an ominous announcement to the Smithsonian: its museums would be required to revise any content that the administration finds problematic in “tone, historical framing and alignment with American ideals” —and they have 120 days to do so. Black Americans are not the only folks whose depictions are receiving special scrutiny.For example, apainting of refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border that was afinalist in acontest at the National Portrait Gallery,another Smithsonianaffiliated museum, wassingled out for denunciation.

Donald Trump’sallegedfascist crackdown is finally here—federal troops are on the streets of major U.S. cities with almost certainly more on the way First, they came for Los Angeles, then, for Washington, D.C., and next, if reportsare to be believed, Chicago.

There’snodoubt that Trump loves the optics and sense of strength that comes with deploying the National Guard to U.S. cities, while many of his political enemies love the thrill of decrying the arrival of the dystopia they’ve always warned about.

The Guard troops obviously aren’t Trump’sequivalent of Mussolini’s squadristi or Hitler’sbrownshirts brawlers and enforcers operating outside the law to crush apolitical party’s opponents. They are awell-trained, entirely lawful military force that isn’tengaging in street fights or arresting dissidents. The Guard’srole has, mostly, been to stand in front of federal buildings and other public landmarks. In Washington, D.C., they walk along Metro platforms andgenerally make themselves visible (they are often seen drinking coffee and taking photos with tourists).

In short, they’ve been abenign presence, although still apolitical flashpoint. For Trump, the Guard deployments are an emblem of the restorationof public order.Nothingsays the lawman

isback in town quitelike Humvees parked in front of Union Station and camouflaged federal troops walking the streets. That thetroopsare overkill makes them even more potent as asymbol —Trump really means it.

Thatthey generate areaction from his opponents is even better, since it promptsthem into attacking atoken of lawfulness in places that suffer from endemic disorder

So, Trump feels an urge to take the show on anational tour,withthe Windy City or perhaps Baltimore as the next stop. This is abad idea. D.C. and L.A. present unique circumstances not replicated in other cities.

Legally,D.C. is an easyquestion

Although Congresshas granted D.C. home rule, the federal government has plenary power over the district. Thepresident of theUnited States has direct authority over theD.C. National Guard, and can also take control of the city’spolice department. Constitutionally and legally,Trump is on solid ground. Since D.C.has aunique statusand the feds have taken over thepolice department,therehas been useful collaboration between the federal and local law-enforcementofficials. (The early returns have been encouraging, with the city seeing amoderate dip in crime.)

None of this would apply to Chicago or Baltimore. The federal government has no special roleingoverning them,

and politically hostile mayors would maintain full control of theirpolice departments. The emphasis would surelybeonresistance to unwelcome federal intrusionsrather than reluctantcooperation.

Now,this was true in L.A., as well, but theriotsand obstruction of federal immigration enforcement there gave Trump theauthority to federalize members of the California National Guard and protect federal assets. Unless similar unrest breaks out in Chicago or Baltimore, Trump is going to have to stretch for alegal justification for deploying theNational Guard, and risk ahigh-profile legal reverse.

Regardless, the National Guard has limited utilityasapolice force. Its bootsonthe ground can createasense of asafer environment, and perhaps, at the margins, free up local police resources for other duties. But what places like Chicago need is moreintensive policing in high-crime areas. The National Guardisnot going to nor should it —become de facto cops making gang and drug arrests in the Southand West Sides of the city.(The FBI and DEA, on the other hand, could actually help).

At theend of the day,thereisno easy cure for the flagrant misgovernance of cities likeChicago. It is a long-term, deep-rooted ideological and political phenomenon that won’tbe easily reversed, whether the troops in camouflage show up or not.

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“Refugees Crossing the Border Wall Into South Texas,” a2022 work by painter Rigoberto A. Gonzalez, showsafamily in flight from some unseen peril, scaling awooden ladder at what appears to be Trump’s“big, beautiful wall” at the U.S./Mexico border It maybeart to you or,atleast, to me. But to the art critics whostaffthe “Official White House Rapid Response account” on X, this was nothing morethan “the perfect example of what President Trumpmeans when he says the Smithsonian is ‘OUTOFCONTROL.’ “ Art, like history,must never stir troubling thoughts or any critical impulses in ourheads. To go back to Trump’soriginal condemnatory post on Truth Social: “This Country cannotbe WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. We have the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, andwewant people to talk about it, including in our Museums.”

It’snot just our national museums thatare “out of control.” Those were the words Trump used to describe crimeonthe streets of Washington D.C. to justify ordering the District’sNational Guard to police the nation’scapital, subsequently joined by guardsmen from Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia,all of which have Republican governors.

Someofmylocal media colleagues soon discovered that manymembers of the guard came from cities that happened to have higher crime rates than the District, where officials and media have been reporting athree-year decline in violent crimes.

Somemembers of Team Trumpaccused the city of reporting “rigged” numbers, much like the president attributed recent reports of weakness in the job market to “rigged” data, and then fired the Senate-confirmed Bureau of Labor Statistics official responsible forcomputing those numbers each month.

Washington, Trumpclaimed in an announcementonAug. 7, wasonthe brink of “complete andtotal lawlessness.”

But, from my vantage point, the streets were notably quiet, if you look past the unusually high number of Humvees and guardsmen, resembling an authoritarian takeover Fortunately,the resemblance to apolice state has not been totally debilitating. If you can standthe seasonal heat, Istill recommendthe city to tourists, especially the great museums. Even President Trumphas declared the city to be “safeagain.”

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Defensiveend Foskey latest in long line of Saints’draft misses

The Saints’ decision to cut edge rusher Isaiah Foskey last week raised eyebrows and fueled wilddiscussions about his infamousplace in the club’s draft history

Owning ‘mistake’

forend-of-half failure

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

Time was of the essence for

Brian Kelly toward theend of the first half Saturday against Clemson. With 15 secondsleftbefore halftime, the LSUcoach elected to go for it on fourth and2 at the Clemson 12-yard line instead of settling for the shortfield goal that would have cut the LSU deficit to 10-6.

It was an aggressive approach, one that LSU’sanalytics model would have supported in atypical fourth-and-2 situation in the red zone. But with only one timeout at his disposal and seconds remaining in the half, Kelly,with some perspective,saidhemadethe wrongdecision.

“The mistake that Imade on that is that we didn’thave enough time on the clock to get in four plays,” Kelly said.

LSU didn’tpick up the first down anyway,aswide receiver Chris Hilton fumbledGarrett Nussmeier’sscreen pass. Even if Hilton

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Foskey never cracked the starting lineup and failed to record asingle sack in 27 career games. His best contributions were on special teams. Not what the Saints expected when they selected him with the No. 40 overall pick in the 2023 draft. That no NFL team has taken aflyer on him yet is telling.

To be fair,Foskey was drafted to fit adifferent scheme and the 2023 draft looks like adecidedly weak one. Few of the second-rounders that year have made an impact in the league, withtight end Sam LaPorta and safety Brian Branch being the exceptions.

Still, there’snosugarcoating it. Foskey was amiss —and a big one, given previous swings and misses on Marcus Davenport and Payton Turner

Still, Foskey is far from the biggest bust in Saints’ history.Infact, he wouldn’teven

FILEPHOTO By SOPHIAGERMER

Saints defensiveend Isaiah Foskey wavestofans during a2024 preseason game in the Caesars Superdome. Foskey,a second-round pick in the2023draft, wasreleased lastweek

rank in the top 10, whichsays something about the Saints’ ignominious draft history

Let’stake alookatthe list of infamousdraft picks:

No.10: FB-LBLes Kelley

1967,R1(No. 26): Future Hall of FamersWillieLanier and LemBarney werestill on the board, but the Saints decided to go forthe burly Alabama fullback-linebacker withthe first draft pick infranchise

history.The dubious decision would haunt the Saints andset the tone forthe club’sgrim earlyseasons.

Kelly battledthe measles anda kneeinjury as arookie andplayedinjust two games. He moved to linebacker a year laterand started just one game. He was cutin1969. His career production: one interception and one kickoff return for 20 yards.

No.9:DTKevin Hardy

1968, R1 (7): An asterisk applieshere becauseHardy neverplayedadown forthe Saints. He wassent to the SanFrancisco 49ersbyNFL commissioner Pete Rozelle as punishment forthe club illegally signing tight end Dave Parks before freeagency was implemented.

Hardy went on to play for three teams and never made amark.Hewas arotational playerand finishedhis fiveyear career with five sacks and12starts. Not the way youwanttorebound fromthe whiff on Kelley ayear earlier

No.8:G RoyceSmith

1972, R1 (8): Smith started10 games as arookie but fell out of thestarting lineup in Year 2 andwas traded to the Falcons in 1974. Worse, the two players taken directly after Smith —tight endJerome Barkum andlinebacker JeffSiemon —started for 10 seasons and became Pro Bowlers.

No.7:LBRickMiddleton

1974, R1 (13): Middleton was supposed to be the face of the Saints defensebut he never

Saints WR Vele aims to be comforttoQBs

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTO LSUcoachBrian Kellylookson during Saturday’s game against Clemson in Clemson, S.C. Kelly lamented not attempting a field goal in the final seconds before halftime in LSU’s17-10 victory

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Contributing writer

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When Devaughn Vele foundout he was traded to theSaintslastmonth, DenverBroncos coach Sean Paytontold the wide receiver many of the same things he would later say publicly The coach told himhow hard of adecision it was to make. Payton and generalmanager GeorgePaton wished him thebest, Vele said. “At the end of the day, I understand it’s abusiness,”

Vele said. “It’snohard feelings,nothing like that. Just understanding I’vegot to adjust and to contribute where Ican.” The Saints will need him to contributeright away.After New Orleans traded a2026 fourth-round pick and 2027 seventh-round pick for the 27-year-old, Vele’sskill set specifically could be avaluable asset against the Saints’ first opponent of theseason Few teams love to disguise exotic pressures and formationsquitelike the Arizona Cardinals, requiring quarterbackstomake quickdecisions. On Monday,Saints coach Kellen Moorenoted the stress theCardinals defense

putsonanoffense, from the flexibility of their safeties to the five-man “penny” fronts alongthe defensive line.

In Denver,Vele emerged as asafety valve —and his 6-foot-5 size gives quarterbacksabig blanket when in danger.

“There’sa lot of things Itry to focus on alot to improve my game,” Vele said. “I know people see(my size) as an asset, so we’re going to try to utilizethat as much as Ican, but at the same time,I’m just willing to work.”

Oneofthe moreinterestingdecisions for the Saints coaching staff will be where

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Omari Hayes had morecatches last year than therestofthe current Tulanewide receivers combined. That statistic remained relevant Saturday when hisninegrabs more tha n doubled the otherreceivers’ total of four,but coach Jon Sumrall kno ws th e GreenWaveneedsmorebalance going forward. The only glaring deficiency in an otherwise dominant 23-3win against Northwestern was the throwing and catching aside from quarterback Jake Retzlaff’s clear connection with Hayes. Counting running backs and tight ends, there werenine completions and six drops to people not named Omari Hayes.

“That was probablythe thing I likedthe least about the game,” Sumrall said. “I addressed the receivers and the running backs about, hey, youhave to catch the ball, and Iaddressed Jake about we’re not just back there throwing the ball. We have to actually pass it with the intent forittobecatchable.”

Running back Maurice Turner mishandled three passes, including

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Jeff Duncan

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD Saints widereceiver Devaughn Vele, right, and tight end JuwanJohnson smile while running adrill before apreseason game against the DenverBroncosonAug.23atthe Caesars Superdome.

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Former Saints punter/kicker Russell Erxleben, draftedasthe No. 11 overall pick from the University of Texas in 1979, wasthe secondhighest drafted punter/kickerinNFL history. He lostthe starting kicking job in his rookie season.

Alcaraz, Pegula reach U.S. Open semis

BY STEPHENWHYNO

Associated Press

NEW YORK Carlos Alcaraz fingerwagged the crowd, beat Jiri Lehecka to thenet and cruised into the semifinals at the U.S. Open. The second-seeded Spaniard beat Lehecka 6-4,6-2, 6-4inthe quarterfinals on Tuesday, making some highlight-reel shots and putting his hand to hisear afterward to encourage more cheers from fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium.It’s his first hard-court semifinal appearance at amajor since winning his first Grand Slam titleat the U.S. Open in 2023

“I kind of met the Grand Slam version of Carlos,” Lehecka said. “He just showed that he is one of the contenders, for sure. Everyone knew that, and he proved that.”

Alcaraz is just 22 years old and is in the semifinals at amajor for the ninth time. Only Rafael Nadal with 10 has more before turning 23. Next up for Alcaraz is either Taylor Fritz or Novak Djokovic, who knockedhim out of theAustralian Open in the quarterfinals.

Alcaraz would supplant Jannik Sinner —whomhelost to in the Wimbledon final and beat in the French Open final —atop the rankings if he wins theU.S. Open for asecondtime.

“It’sreally difficult nottothink about it,” Alcaraz said. “Every time that Istep on the court, I am tryingnot to think about it. If Ithink about the No. 1spot too much,I think I’m going to put pressureonmyself, andI just don’twant to dothat.”

Beforefacing Fritz or Djokovic on Friday,Alcaraz plans to play golfWednesday with 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia.He thinks his countryman owes him more than afew strokes.

“He has to give me at leastbetween 10 and15shots,” Alcaraz said. “It’sgoing to be great. I’m not that good, Sergio,come on.”

On the women’sside, Jessica Pegulabroke through her quarterfinal wall againatthe U.S.Open, defeating Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-3 to get to the semifinals at aGrand Slam tournament for just the second time in her career She failed to advance into the semisinher first 22 main draw ap-

pearances at amajor before reaching the final at Flushing Meadows ayear ago, when she lost to Aryna Sabalenka.They’llmeet again in the semifinals on Thursday after Sabalenka advanced in awalkover when Marketa Vondrousova withdrew because of injury

“My biggest accomplishment last year was just gettingpast the quarterfinals,”Pegula said. “Now Ican say I’vedone it twice.”

Pegula, who was eliminated in thefourth round at the AustralianOpen, the third round at the French Open and the first round at Wimbledon, is thefirstwoman to make back-to-back U.S. Open semifinals without losing aset since Serena Williams from 201114. Pegula, 31, is seeded fourth at the U.S. Openand aiming for her first GrandSlamchampionship She and No. 8Amanda Anisimova are the only Americansleft in the women’ssingles field.

Williams, Fernandezfallin women’sdoubles quarterfinals

Venus Williams’first Grand Slam tournamentintwo years

ended when sheand LeylahFernandez lost in the women’sdoubles quarterfinals to the top-seeded duo of Taylor Townsend and KaterinaSiniakova 6-1, 6-2. When thematch finishedafter 56 minutes in Louis Armstrong Stadium, Williamssmiledas she walked to the net to shake hands with Siniakova, then hug Townsend. Thousands of spectators rose to give Williamsastandingovation; Townsend andSiniakova thenjoinedin, applauding for Williams.

“Growing up watchingVenus and(her sister) Serena,for me and my sister,itwas an inspiration,” Townsend toldthe crowd.“It was an honor to share the court today.” Siniakova called Williams “a legend” and said it was“aprivilege” to play against her

The 45-year-old Williams earlier exited in the first round of bothsingles —bowing out against Karolina Muchova in three sets and mixed doubles. She was out of competition for16monthsuntil returning to play at atournament in Washington in July. Her most recent major tournament had been the2023 U.S. Open.

Osakaproveshardtobeatinlater rounds

She hasnever lost onceinquarterfinals of aGrand Slam

BY HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press

NEW YORK Once NaomiOsaka is in the quarterfinals of aGrand Slam tournament, look out. For awhile, it was gettingthere that was the problem.

Right now,Osaka appears to be back at her best,and she most definitively is back at that stageofa major,getting ready to face Karolina Muchova at the U.S. Openon Wednesday for aspot in the semifinals.

It’sthe first time Osaka —who has been ranked No. 1and now is seeded No. 23 —has made it this far at one of the four most important eventsintennis since the Australian Open in early 2021. That wasalsothe last time she won aSlam trophy

So far in her career,the 27-yearold Osaka has left with the championship every time she got past the fourth round at any major something she did at Flushing Meadows on Monday with adominant win against No. 3seedCoco Gauff by a6-3, 6-2 score in barely more than an hour

“She seems relaxed out there. She forced me to play how Idid today,” Gauff said. “Regardless (of) whatever formshe’sin, she’s always atough player,and Idon’t think anyone takes her for grant-

NaomiOsakareturns ashot

of the U.S. Open on MondayinNew york. Osaka will face Karolina Muchova on Wednesdayfor aspotinthe semifinals.

ed, regardlessofwhere her ‘form’ is, especially on hard courts.” Osakaisafour-time Grand Slam champion,always on that surface —winning in New York in 2018 and 2020, plustwice more at Melbourne Park —thankstogoing a combined12-0in the quarterfinals, semifinalsand finals. Osakawas asked aboutthatunbeatenmark. “I wouldn’t say it gives me pressure or confidence. Ithink for me, you know, this is kind of uncharted territory at this point of my career,” Osaka said, referring to the 41/2-year gap. “I’m just enjoying it.

I’m having fun. I’m being able to playagainst the best players in theworld.”

It was laterin2021, at theFrench Open. that she revealed that she hadbeen dealing with anxiety and depression,thenbegan taking a series of mental health breaks Shelater missed17monthsfor maternityleave; her daughter, Shai, was born in July 2023. Twomonths after that,Osaka came to the U.S. Open and sat in thestands at Arthur AsheStadium to watch while Gauff beat Muchova in the semifinals en route to the title.

Powerout at Penske, will not returnfor 18thseason

CHARLOTTE,N.C. Will Power,the consummate companyman who wontwo IndyCar titles and the Indianapolis 500for RogerPenske, will not return to Team Penske for an 18th season.

Thelong-expected announcement was finally made Tuesday, twodays after the season finale, and nearly ayear after speculation began that Power would not be renewed when his contract expired as the team eyed ayounger driver Power turns 45 at the start of next season.

Power,with 45 career victories, ranks fourth on the all-time IndyCar wins list behind A.J. Foyt (67),ScottDixon(59) andMario Andretti (52). He passedAndretti as the greatest qualifier in series history

BasketballHallofFamer Raveling dies at age 88

George Raveling, aHall of Fame basketballcoach whoplayed arole in Michael Jordan signinga landmark endorsement deal withNike, has died. He was88.

Raveling’sfamily said Tuesday in astatement that he had“faced cancer with courage and grace.” Raveling, whowas inducted into theNaismithMemorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015, had acareer record of 335-293 from 1972-94 at Washington State, Iowa and Southern California.His success at those programs landed Raveling on the U.S. Olympic basketball staffs in 1984 and 1988.

Jordan was on the 1984 team, andRaveling helpedpersuadehim to sign with Nike.Heintroduced Jordan to Sonny Vaccaro at Nike, which helped lead to acontract that gave Jordan his ownbrand, made him millionsand changed the athletic apparel industry

WNBA star Clarkbetter, not cleared for contact PHOENIX Caitlin Clark is improvingbut stillhasn’t beencleared for contact drills during practice. With only aweek left in the regular season, the Indiana star participated in full-court drills without defense during ashootaround before the Feverfaced the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night. Coach Stephanie White told reporters thatthe second-year guard had been limited to shooting drills and individual work. She said she hopes Clark will return before the end of the season. Indiana entered Tuesday seventh in the standings, battling forapostseason spot. Clark has been sidelined with aright groininjury sinceJuly15 and Tuesday night’sgame wasthe 19th in arow she has missed.

The 11th-seeded Muchova, a 29-year-old from theCzech Republic, is atalented all-court player whoisascreative withher racket as anyone in thegame. She was the runner-up to Iga Swiatek on the French Open’sred clay in 2023 and also has reached the semifinals on the hard courts at Flushing Meadowseach of the past twoyears —eliminating Osaka in the second round in 2024.

“She’s agreat player.Ithink shepicked up her form again and she’sgetting better and better.We cansee (from) herresults,” said Muchova, who got past Venus Williams in thefirst round last week. “Wepracticed here,actually.SoI expect areallytough battle. It’s going to be achallenge, forsure.”

As for what’s changedabout Osaka over the course of her latestcomeback, Muchova thinks the main thingisgetting in arhythm by competing more.

Osaka,equipped with ahuge serve and huge forehand, has pushed top players over the past 11/2 years but hasn’t always been able to get to the finish line, including when she held amatch point butwasn’tabletowin amarvelous contest against Swiatek at RolandGarros in 2024.

“The difference,I think, is she just now (has) more matches under her belt, (and is) winning matches, andI’d say. she (has) thatbeliefagain that shecan be thebest, and trust her strokes more,” Muchova said. “Playing really fast, really good.”

Mizzou QB out indefinitely; kicker is out for season Missouri will be without backup quarterback Sam Horn for“an extended period of time” because of an injury,Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz said Tuesday,and kicker BlakeCraigwill missthe rest of the season after tearing an ACL.

Horn had been in acompetition with Penn State transfer Beau Pribula to be the starting quarterback, and both wereexpected to playinlastweek’sopeneragainst Central Arkansas. But Horn injured his right leg in the first quarter on adesigned run, and that left Pribula to playmost of the way in a61-6 rout of the Bears. Pribula was23of28for 283 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran 10 times for65yards and twomore scores.

WR Davisisrejoining Bills as partofpracticesquad

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y The Buffalo Bills are bringing back another familiar face by agreeing to a deal with Gabe Davis thatadds the receiver to the team’s practice squad. It’s uncertainwhenDaviswill be cleared to play.The 26-yearold receiver,who spent his first four NFLseasonswith Buffalo,is recovering from atorn meniscus in hisleftknee after he got hurt in mid-November, ending his one season in Jacksonville.

Davishad 20 catchesfor 239 yards and two TDsfor the Jaguars. He was released in May despite having twoyearsremaining on a $39 million, three-year contract.

Davis is the latest former Bill to return, joining safety Jordan Poyer anddefensive tackle Jordan Phillips.

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Outside hitters lead Mount Carmel to win

Cubs win opener at Country

Day

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE

Staff writer

Mount Carmel faced another

deficit early in the third set of its season-opening volleyball match at Country Day Only this time, the perennial state contending Cubs rallied behind their outside hitting duo of Lila Franovich with 25 kills and transfer newcomer Annabelle LaBure with 14 in the four-set victory on Tuesday

Mount Carmel went ahead for good in the third set after the teams were tied 17-all and never trailed in the fourth set on the way to securing a 31-29, 14-25, 25-21, 25-16 victory

LaBure made her Mount Carmel debut after being ruled ineligible

for a year following her transfer from Cabrini.

“She’s a player we needed and a player we wish we could have had last year,” said Mount Carmel

coach Taylor Ricaud, whose team lost to Dominican in the state semifinals last season after reaching the state finals the two previous seasons. “A player we’re super ex-

Sanders defends Colorado staff, clock management

BY PAT GRAHAM AP sports writer

BOULDER, Colo. — A feisty Deion

Sanders is pushing back against anyone second-guessing his clock management or calling out his coaching staff.

The Colorado coach also announced highly touted freshman quarterback Julian Lewis would see the field against Delaware this weekend and suggested the NCAA should consider some rule adjustments to promote kickoff returns.

Sanders had a lot on his mind Tuesday after taking a few days to ponder a 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech to open the season. It’s the first time Sanders has started 0-1 at either Colorado or Jackson State.

“If we hit the darn plays, we wouldn’t be asking these questions,” said Sanders, who’s in his third season at Colorado “We had the plays. We just didn’t make it happen.”

Sanders went into detail on Colorado’s final drive with 1:07 left and why he saved his two timeouts. The first play — a pass that resulted in minus-2 yards ended up chewing up a chunk of time.

“Do you call a timeout there? No, you’re right there. You don’t call a timeout there. You’ve got to go. You’ve got to go,” he said “You’re running tempo.”

The Buffaloes ended up driving to the 50 with three seconds remaining before attempting a Hail Mary that was knocked down.

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one that forced the Wave to settle for a field goal when he would have scored Wide receivers Bryce Bohanon, Anthony Brown-Stephens and Tre Shackelford dropped one apiece, with Bohanon’s miscue coming in the corner of the end zone on a perfect pass Brown-Stephens had to contend with an umpire who ducked out of the way at the last second, and a few of the others came off hard throws that needed more touch. Still, Sumrall is demanding a better performance this Saturday at South Alabama (1-0).

“If it hits you in the hands, you’ve got to catch the dang ball,” he said.

“To play at a really high level, to

broken last week and we’re on to this week,” Sanders said “I was there a few days ago but I’m gone now I’m into this week now.”

The offense proved inconsistent in Week 1 with Kaidon Salter taking over for Shedeur Sanders and as offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur adjusts to calling plays for more of a dual-threat option. The Buffaloes turned three early turnovers into just seven points.

Asked about the conversations with Shurmur in the aftermath, Deion Sanders responded: “It’s funny that you start out with coach Shurmur and we gave up over 300 yards, darn near 400 yards, rushing. It’s ironic to me. It seems like you guys pick and choose who you want to target.”

The defense struggled, too, after producing those early turnovers. Coordinator Robert Livingston’s crew allowed 463 total yards, including a late 45-yard TD run from Georgia Tech QB Haynes King.

“We didn’t lose the game because of coach Shurmur, coach Livingston or one specific thing,” Sanders said. “I’ve got to do a better job.”

Sanders also has a suggestion for the NCAA move the kickoff farther back. He wants to spice up the game with more returns.

“We’ve got some freshmen that could light it up,” Sanders said. “Everybody’s got guys that you want to play on special teams, but they don’t get the opportunity because everybody’s kicking the darn ball into the band.”

win the games we have in front of us, we have to make those routine throws and catches.

“The one I was most disappointed with was Bohanon’s because he is such a good player and has worked so hard, and I wanted that touchdown for him. That was uncharacteristic.

“If you said put the one guy in that position to catch the ball and it be a touchdown, I would have said Bohanon.”

The lifeline was the 5-foot-9, 170-pound Hayes, who led Florida Atlantic with 590 yards on 39 catches last season. He made a man miss as he picked up 15 yards to convert a third-and-9 on Tulane’s third offensive snap. He gained 11 yards on a quick out one play later, leading to a touchdown.

His first five grabs and six of his first seven moved the chains His

cited to have in the program.”

Mount Carmel played the 5-foot11 Franovich exclusively in the front row while 6-foot LaBure played all six rotations, assuring the Cubs of having one of their two main hitters always in the front row Franovich keyed the first-set victory with four consecutive points that put Mount Carmel ahead 23-21, followed by a pair of tying points that kept Country Day from winning the set. LaBure scored a pair of points that put Mount Carmel ahead at 28-27 and 29-28, and senior Alexandra Comeaux scored the point that made it 30-29 before the clinching point came when Country Day hit the ball into the net.

Country Day scored the first points in the second set and never relinquished the lead that grew with a nine-point rally to make the score 19-9.

“Country Day has a really fast

offense, so I think that played a big part in our struggle,” Ricaud said. “We just played with some grit and dug down and finished the game.” Franovich and LaBure combined for seven of the team’s final eight kills in the fourth set. Sophomore setter Sarah Clement had 44 assists.

“We started off with really high energy,” Franovich said “It’s the first game of the season, so obviously there’s a lot of emotion going into it. We spoke before the game, we were like, ‘we’re not going to let our mistakes bring us down.’” Country Day junior Jade Washington led her team with 22 kills and three aces along with nine digs. Senior Leila Washington had 19 digs.

“It was a great match,” Country Day coach Julie Ibieta said. “We kind of pooped out at the end. We have to play ourselves into a little bit better shape But I was happy with our fight tonight.”

Belichick’s debut as a college coach ends in a blowout loss

UNC is clobbered by TCU amid hype

BY AARON BEARD Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL,N.C.— North Carolina’s high-point moment in its first game under coach Bill Belichick came early

A festive pregame atmosphere led to a roar from the crowd at kickoff. And a season-opening drive moved at a crisp pace to the end zone. After that, well, Monday night’s hyped-up debut turned into a romp by TCU — along with a reminder that even an NFL icon with six Super Bowl titles as a head coach can’t just magically turn the Tar Heels into winners after decades of also-ran status.

“We played competitively but then just couldn’t sustain it,” Belichick said in a familiar low tone from his NFL news conferences after the 48-14 loss. “Obviously, we have a lot of work to do. We need to do a better job all the way around coaching, playing, all three phases of the game.”

The blowout put a major damper on a night buzzing with optimism for the 73-year-old Belichick’s college debut, only to see the Horned Frogs dominate so thoroughly they drove UNC fans to the Kenan Stadium exits by midway through the third quarter

“It was a great environment tonight,” Belichick said. “I mean, the fans were awesome. There was great energy in the stadium We just didn’t do enough to keep it going. We’ve got to play better for the energy to be sustainable.”

By the end of the game, Kenan was a ghost town, and the Tar Heels had given up more points than in any previous opener in their history according to Sportradar

It was a jarring result, even amid uncertainty as to exactly what to expect from UNC with roughly 70 new players between transfers and incoming recruits. There were few highlights after that opening drive beyond Kaleb Cost’s athletic reeling in of a deflected ball for an interception, and quarterback Max Johnson returning in relief from a serious leg injury sustained in last year’s opener at Minnesota.

“We’re just moving forward, just moving forward,” said Cost, offering an unintentional callback to Belichick’s famous “We’re on to Cincinnati” response to reporters’

total of nine (for 74 yards) was the most for any Wave player since Ryan Grant caught 14 against South Alabama on Sept 7, 2013.

“I felt very comfortable,” Hayes said. “The experience I gained last year helped me be prepared for the game and studying my plays and practicing hard throughout the whole week.”

Hayes, who transferred in January, missed almost all of spring drills with a hamstring injury but rebounded with a strong preseason camp. The plan was not for him to set a 12-year Tulane high on Saturday, but Sumrall expected him to play well as Tulane seeks to replace the standout 2024 trio of Mario Williams, Dontae Fleming and Yulkeith Brown.

“Omari is a seasoned veteran,” Sumrall said “He catches the ball really naturally He’s sort of a com-

questions after a blowout loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2014.

UNC was picked to finish eighth in the 17-team Atlantic Coast Conference, though that seemed almost entirely predicated on Belichick’s mere presence. This is a man, after all, who teamed with legendary quarterback Tom Brady to win six world titles in his 24-year run with the New England Patriots Someone who won more regular-season and playoff games in the NFL (333) than anyone other than Don Shula.

So there was spectacle to Belichick’s debut as he took the field sporting a familiar look from the pro sideline with a gray hoodie only this one bearing the name “Carolina Football” in that distinctive shade of light blue.

An estimated 5,000 fans packed onto a main campus quad for a pregame concert and throngs lined the team’s walk to Kenan, where UNC has sold out all its season tickets — at an elevated price with Belichick’s arrival — and single-game seats for the season. The game attracted ESPN to hold a pregame studio show from the sideline with a crew that included former Alabama coach Nick Saban, with Belichick popping over briefly to say hello.

There were notable former UNC athletes from years past, including NBA legend Michael Jordan — who won a national championship under Dean Smith here in 1982 — and former UNC star linebacker Lawrence Taylor who played under Belichick when he was an assistant and eventually defensive coordinator with the New York Giants during the 1980s. And it wasn’t hard to spot Jordon

bination of Mario and Yulkeith, somewhere in the middle of those guys. He’s a good screen runner, a good sweep runner, a good vertical route runner and good with shortarea quickness.”

Now he is waiting for teammates to join him. Neither he nor Sumrall appeared too concerned about Saturday’s performance.

“We can rotate six guys throughout the game,” Hayes said. “Any time you do that, it stresses out the defense and gets the corners tired with the fresh bodies.”

Sumrall noted that freshman Zycarl Lewis made a clutch catch for a first down on fourth-and-8. Shazz Preston was productive throughout camp. Louisville transfer Jimmy Calloway has recovered from a leg injury that slowed him in the preseason. Bohanon, BrownStephens, Shackelford, freshman

Hudson — Belichick’s 24-year-old

girlfriend who has generated her own tabloid-level curiosity — as she walked the pregame sideline sporting Carolina blue pants shimmering with sequin-like additions on the legs.

Belichick roamed the field during pregame warmups for the better part of a half-hour At one point, he stood on the UNC end of the field with general manager Michael Lombardi, then shared a quick handshake with ACC commissioner Jim Phillips as he made his way toward midfield. Once there, Belichick shook hands with members of the officiating crew and watched the Horned Frogs warm up.

The Tar Heels got off to a sprint of a start with an 83-yard drive that ended with Caleb Hood scoring through the right side from 8 yards out, followed by forcing a quick punt. But things soon started getting away TCU — which lost in a similar scenario as the “other” team in Deion Sanders’ debut at Colorado two years ago — never looked rattled or thrown. Bud Clark provided a highlight by jumping Gio Lopez’s sideline throw for an easy 25-yard pick-six as TCU took a 20-7 lead into the break. It quickly got worse after halftime. Kevorian Barnes sprinted through the right side and down the sideline for a 75-yard touchdown on the first snap Trent Battle added his own big run, slipping through the left side untouched and going 28 yards for a TD. And finally, Devean Deal had a 37-yard scoop-and-score on Lopez’s fumble to make it 41-7 and start the Kenan exodus.

Oliver Mitchell and Garrett Mmahat (when he returns from a thigh bruise) are in the picture, too.

“I think we’re going to see other guys step up at receiver,” Sumrall said “I was watching practice today and was like, man, this receiver room is deep. We need some other guys to step up and make some plays, and they will.” Lagniappe

Tulane kicker Patrick Durkin was named American Conference special teams player of the week after hitting all three of his field goals against Northwestern. Interestingly the Wave coaches named punter Alec Clark, who averaged 48.8 yards on five attempts, their top special teams player Tulane dropped five points to 18 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll, ranking 34th.

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Lila Franovich, center of Mount Carmel celebrates with her team after a point against Country Day on Tuesday in Metairie.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By CHRIS SEWARD North Carolina coach Bill Belichick, front, walks off the field after his team lost to TCU on Monday in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Colorado coach Deion Sanders, center, exhorts his team against Georgia Tech on Friday in Boulder, Colo.

LSU FOOTBALL

THREE AND OUT: SCOTT RABALAIS SHARES HIS TOP TAKES FROM BRIAN KELLy’S NEWS CONFERENCE

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KELLY VS DABO

On Tuesday, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney gave both teams a failing grade from Saturday’s 17-10 LSU win: a 65 for LSU a 58 for Clemson Kelly jabbed back: “I thought we dominated them in the second half. Maybe he didn’t see the second half. He might not have wanted to see the second half.” Kelly clearly still is chapped that Swinney dropped a dime on AJ Haulcy to the NCAA, leading to his firsthalf suspension Saturday because of an ejection at Houston last season

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Typically in the LSU team room there are panels describing all the upcoming games and potential postseason targets as well.This preseason, the only opponent referred to on the wall was Clemson. On Tuesday, the Clemson game panel was replaced by a plain gold one, and a panel referring to the Louisiana Tech game was displayed. Kelly explained that the 1-0 mindset for Clemson will continue all season.“This is our mantra for the year.”Why change what works?

LSU NOTEBOOK

Kelly agrees with officials

incompletion call, not rule

BY REED DARCEY AND SCOTT RABALAIS Staff writers

In the second half Saturday against Clemson, LSU receiver Barion Brown appeared to haul in a 30-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Nussmeier

Then officials reviewed the play and ruled that Brown had not completed the process of the catch as he dove across the Clemson end zone’s front pylon. The decision sparked an officiating controversy that stole some attention away from the Tigers’ 17-10 win Coach Brian Kelly said Tuesday he thinks the officials made the correct call, but he does want to tweak the rule.

“The rule was applied correctly by the letter of it,” Kelly said “But rules are made to be changed, and so hopefully down the road, I think there’ll be some changes in the way that is looked at. But the crew administered the protocols and procedures the right way on that play.”

Kelly said he had what he described as an “extremely productive” conversation about the ruling with John McDaid, the SEC coordinator of football officials Kelly also compared the play to the 2-yard touchdown run that running back Caden Durham scored on Saturday Durham, Kelly pointed out, extended the ball over the plane of the goal line, then lost possession as he fell to the ground That play was a clear touchdown, but Brown’s was not.

“A runner doesn’t have the same burden as a wide receiver,” Kelly said. “There is conversation about how we can make this cleaner, for sure, because clearly from a com-

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had held onto the ball, he would have fallen short of the sticks.

Kelly uses analytics to help inform his decisions in fourth-down situations. His use of analytics has been a factor in why he’s been more aggressive than some in keeping the offense on the field. Still, the numbers given to him late in the first half on Saturday had factored in the amount of time left in the half. Kelly also used his final timeout before the snap.

mon sense standpoint, that (the incompletion) doesn’t make much sense.”

On the ABC broadcast, ESPN rules analyst Matt Austin said he believed officials should have ruled the play a touchdown.

Hill fractures hand

LSU transfer wide receiver Destyn Hill fractured his left hand Saturday Kelly said on Tuesday Hill — a redshirt sophomore from Florida State who prepped at Edna Karr underwent surgery on Monday to have a plate inserted in his injured hand Kelly said Hill is expected to miss only one game.

“He’ll be out this week,” Kelly said. “We think that we can get him in a position where next week he can be in a limited capacity for us. So, the plate stabilizes it to the point where we can put a cast on it that allows him to function as a wide receiver.”

Hill played only two snaps in the win over Clemson, according to Pro Football Focus. LSU rotated six receivers in and out of the offense. Zavion Thomas led the group in snaps (44), but AaronAnderson earned the most targets receptions and yards. He caught six passes on eight targets for 99 yards.

As a freshman at Florida State, Hill tallied six receptions for 87 yards across the 10 games he played. He sat out his entire sophomore season with an injury, then transferred to LSU in December

Nussmeier’s Heisman odds

Nussmeier began the season in a tie with Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik for the second-best odds to win the Heisman Trophy

Then he guided LSU to a road win over Clemson on Saturday,

“Even if we got it with only one timeout and time left on the clock, it would not have given us the maximum opportunity on that go,” Kelly said. “So that was a mistake on my part. We should have kicked the field goal in that situation.”

Kelly’s error cost LSU potential points, but it didn’t cost his team the game. LSU shut out Clemson in the second half en route to a 1710 victory on the road.

“Our preparation allowed us to play with great composure on the road in a very hostile environment,” Kelly said “We competed on every play, but most impor-

helping his team snap a streak of season-opening losses and earn one of the most impressive victories of the year’s first full slate of college football games.

Now Nussmeier is the betting favorite to win the Heisman, according to the latest odds at Caesars, DraftKings and FanDuel.

Some of the quarterbacks behind him are South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers Miami’s Carson Beck Oklahoma’s John Mateer and Georgia’s Gunner Stockton Klubnik, Texas quarterback Arch Manning and Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith — three of the preseason favorites for the award — saw their odds diminish after shaky performances.

Nussmeier completed 28 of 38 pass attempts for 232 yards and a touchdown against Clemson. The LSU defense limited Klubnik’s offense to only 261 total yards.

LSU in the polls

LSU didn’t just climb in the national polls after Saturday’s victory at Clemson, the Tigers made a huge leap to their highest ranking under Kelly

LSU moved up to No. 3 in The Associated Press Top 25 poll. It’s the highest ranking for the Tigers since they finished the 2019 season at No. 1.

LSU’s previous high under Kelly was No. 5 late in the 2022 season and in the 2023 preseason rankings. The Tigers were behind Ohio State and Penn State in the AP poll with 1,514 points and three first-place votes. Penn State had 1,558 points and No. 4 Georgia had 1,410 points.

LSU opens its home schedule Saturday against Louisiana Tech in Tiger Stadium Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. and will be streamed on ESPN+.

tantly, we played with great confidence. Our guys believed going into the game that they were going to win the game regardless of the situation.”

LSU’s win improved it to 1-0 for the first time since 2019, and it was the defense that led the way, holding Clemson to 261 total yards and 31 yards on the ground. In the second half, the hosts were limited to just 12 yards rushing and less than 10 minutes of possession time.

“In terms of how you play team defense, you first have to have a passion,” Kelly said, “because you’ve got to run, hit, you’ve got to

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THE BROWN OUT Kelly addressed the touchdown catch ruled an incomplete pass Saturday by Barion Brown, basically saying he thought officials correctly applied a bad rule.“Rules are made to be changed,” Kelly said.Agreed. Brown caught the ball, crossed the goal line, then bobbled the ball when he hit the ground out of bounds.The rule that allowed Caden Durham’s run to be a touchdown — although the ball came out after he broke the plane — should apply to a catch such as Brown’s.

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

Week 1 of the college football season was one of the most exciting opening weekends in recent memory

Ohio State, LSU and Miami all won thrillers against top-10 opponents. Florida State took down Alabama handily in a massive upset. All of this action led to a tough week for me when it came to filling out my poll Here’s where I landed after Week 1:

My AP poll after Week 1

1. LSU, 2. Ohio State, 3. Penn State, 4. Texas, 5. Florida, 6. Clemson, 7. Georgia, 8. Oregon, 9. Miami, 10. Notre Dame, 11. Arizona State, 12. Illinois, 13. Oklahoma, 14. Texas A&M, 15. Michigan, 16. Alabama, 17. Texas Tech, 18. Florida State, 19. Iowa State, 20. South Carolina, 21. Auburn, 22. Duke, 23. Tennessee, 24. Pittsburgh, 25. SMU

Just missed: Utah, TCU, Ole Miss, Missouri, Georgia Tech

Why is LSU No. 1?

LSU had the best win in the country, taking down my preseason No 1 team on the road. The victory wasn’t fluky, either LSU only won by a touchdown, but the visitors had nearly 100 more total yards and held the ball for nearly 15 extra minutes.

LSU was my No. 4 team heading into the season. If coach Brian Kelly’s team is going to play defense at this level, he could win his first national championship in January Penn State dominating an overmatchedNevadateamwasn’tenough for it to earn the top spot over LSU. The Ohio State defense was incredible against Texas, allowing me to bump the Buckeyes up from No. 6 to No. 2. I still have enough questions aboutredshirtfreshmanquarterback Julian Sayin and the running game to keep them out of my top spot.

What about Alabama?

In many ways, Alabama’s latest stinker against Florida State can be viewed as a giant flashing red light. Florida State didn’t come close to cracking my preseason poll, and yet the Crimson Tide were out-hustled, out-coached and beaten up at the line of scrimmage. The Seminoles made Alabama look extremely ordinary, and that should be a major concern given how much returning talent the Crimson Tide has this year With all of that said, the loss was just one game. Alabama had stinkers last year under coach Kalen DeBoer and still nearly made the College Football Playoff. A similar roster beat Georgia and demolished LSU a year ago. Alabama was my No. 5 team heading into the year for a reason One game wasn’t enough to move the Tide outside of the top 20.

Other notes

I left the Notre Dame-Miami game feeling a lot better about the Hurricanes. Georgia transfer quarterback Carson Beck

get excited, but then you’ve got to do your job, not somebody else’s job. And we had a lot of that going on at times, and we’ll continue to build on that.”

The stellar defensive performance in the second half was a major factor in why, unlike earlier in the game, Kelly decided to take a more conservative approach and punt the ball away on fourth and 5 at Clemson’s 40-yard line with 5:04 left to play

“Analytics would have had us going for it at that time,” Kelly said. “But I loved the way our defense (was playing).” A product of Kelly’s aggres-

showed much better accuracy and decision-making Sunday than he did last year and the Miami pass rush seems to have boosted the Hurricanes defense, which was woeful last season. I’m not too worried about the Irish. Winning on the road with a freshman quarterback (CJ Carr) against a quality opponent on opening night is a tall task I have questions about the Notre Dame offense, but I still think this is a top-10 team.

Kansas State’s loss to Iowa State and close win over North Dakota raise a lot of red flags about the state of the Wildcats Their conference foe, Baylor, also couldn’t stop anything on the ground against a very athletic Auburn team. For those reasons, both Big 12 schools slipped out of my poll. Tennessee leaped into my top 25 after an impressive offensive showing against Syracuse. UCLA transfer quarterback Joey Aguilar had no issues assimilating with coach Josh Heupel’s offense. I’m curious to see how the Volunteers look in two weeks when they have their first major test against Georgia. Also in the SEC, South Carolina didn’t knock my socks off Sunday against Virginia Tech. The Hokies don’t have the experience or talent they had last year, yet the Gamecocks let them hang around despite their obvious athletic advantages. I’m excited to see what happens in the

siveness on fourth down since arriving in Baton Rouge has been because of the quality, or lack thereof, of the LSU defense.

The unit’s struggles over the last few seasons resulted in Kelly having to lean on his offense more in those riskier situations.

But Saturday’s performance proved there’s a strong chance the LSU defense in 2025 will be a lot more reliable. And if the unit ends up becoming a strength, that will change the way Kelly views fourth downs later this year Email Koki Riley at Koki.Riley@ theadvocate.com.

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LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier looks to pass in the first half against Clemson on Saturday in Clemson, S.C.

SAINTS

N.O. adds QB Haener back to 53-man roster

BY LUKE JOHNSON, MATTHEW PARAS and JEFF DUNCAN Staff writers

A week after being left off the Saints 53-man roster, quarterback

Jake Haener is back on it.

Haener, who had returned to the club on the practice squad after the Saints waived him last week, was signed back to the active roster Tuesday afternoon. He takes the spot the Saints created by releasing longtime special teams

standout J.T. Gray

A fourth-round pick of the Saints in 2023, Haener has appeared in eight games with one start, completing 46.2% of his passes while totaling 226 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

He opened training camp this year as part of a three-man competition for the starting quarterback job, but while New Orleans never ruled him out before his release, his practice and preseason snaps dramatically decreased as the season neared. Spencer Rattler beat out rookie Tyler Shough for the starting quarterback job.

New Orleans also signed linebacker Eku Leota and receiver Tommy Mellott to its practice squad, giving it the full allotment of 17 players.

Mellott is a former college quarterback whom the Las Vegas Raiders selected in the sixth round of the draft in the spring. He was a highly productive player at Montana State, accounting for 3,523

rushing yards, 5,810 passing yards and 96 total touchdowns in his college career. He won the Walter Payton Award last season, the FCS equivalent of the Heisman Trophy Leota has appeared in 11 games during the last two seasons with the Carolina Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers, recording one sack, three tackles for loss and nine tackles in his career Old rival, new exec

For years, Thomas Dimitroff was the

architect of the Atlanta Falcons. Now, he’s joining their biggest rival.The Saints announced Tuesday they have hired the former Falcons general manager as a consultant.

Dimitroff, 59, had been around the Saints for the majority of the offseason regularly attending practices in Metairie and in Irvine, California.

Dimitroff, a two-time NFL executive of the year, worked for the Falcons from 2008-20, draft-

ing quarterback Matt Ryan and

constructing a roster that reached Super Bowl LI. He also has front office stints with the New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs. The Saints have resorted to hiring former general managers as consultants in recent years. Last year, New Orleans added former Saints and Dolphins general manager Randy Mueller and former Raiders general manager Dave Ziegler to the fold. Ziegler left to join the

Tennessee Titans front office this offseason as an assistant general manager

This marks Dimitroff’s first NFL job since he was fired by the Falcons in 2020. After the Falcons, Dimitroff founded the sportsanalytics company SumerSports. He also interviewed with the New York Jets and the Titans this offseason for their general manager vacancies.

Atlanta went 113-95 in Dimitroff’s tenure with six playoff appearances.

Captains named

The Saints elected eight team captains for the 2025 season.

The offensive captains are Brandin Cooks, Alvin Kamara and Erik McCoy The defense is represented by Demario Davis, Cam Jordan and Justin Reid Special teams captains are Blake Grupe and Zach Wood Saints players voted on captains Monday, and the selections were announced at a team dinner later that night.

The vote of Kamara is a first in his eight-year career with the team. The star running back was named a team captain by interim coach Darren Rizzi in Week 10 of last season, but he had never been voted a team captain by his peers. Grupe, Cooks and Reid are also first-time selections. McCoy, Davis, Jordan and Wood were captains in 2024. They were joined by Derek Carr, Taysom Hill, Tyrann Mathieu, Gray and Kamara (added in Week 10).

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season and made his greatest contributions on special teams. He was dealt to the Chargers after two years

The Saints took the wrong Ohio State linebacker. One pick after their selection of Middleton, Denver took Randy Gradishar, a franchise cornerstone and future Hall of Famer

No. 6: DT Johnathan Sullivan

2003, R1 (6): Sullivan was a disaster from the start. He reported late to camp and showed little initiative other than at the buffet line. In three quiet seasons, Sullivan started just 16 games and recorded 78 tackles, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble. The Saints traded him to the Patriots in 2006 for a backup receiver The Patriots waived him four months later

The decision to draft Sullivan was compounded by the price they paid to trade up with Arizona to select him two first-round picks and a second-rounder and the fact that the Vikings selected future All-Pro defensive tackle Kevin Williams three picks later Arizona used the second-round pick to select future star receiver Anquan Boldin.

The 2003 draft was truly a boomor-bust proposition. Six of the top 10 players selected went on to be multitime Pro Bowlers. Four — including Sullivan, receiver Charles Rogers and quarterback Byron Leftwich — failed to make an impact and were out of the league after a few seasons.

No. 5: DE Joe Campbell

1977, R1 (7): The Saints raved about Campbell’s mean streak when they selected him with the No. 7 overall pick out of Maryland. What they didn’t know was that it didn’t have an off switch. His emotional outbursts led to countless fights, penalties and sideline eruptions at games. Campbell recorded eight sacks in 31/2 seasons before he was traded to the Raiders five games into the 1980 campaign.

No. 4: OG Kurt Schumacher

1975, R1 (12): The Saints took Schumacher one pick after the Rams selected guard Dennis Harrah, who started 144 games and went to six Pro Bowls. Schumacher started 16 games and was out of the league after four years.

No. 3: WR Larry Burton

1975, R1 (7): If the Schumacher pick wasn’t bad enough, the Saints doubled their whammy by reaching for Burton five picks earlier in Round 1. The Saints hadn’t had a true No. 1 receiver since they traded Ken Burrough in 1971. The little-known Burton was an Olympic track standout with sprinter’s speed. Unfortunately he couldn’t catch or stay healthy He was in-

jured for much of his career and caught just 35 passes in three seasons. In 1978, he was waived and was out of football two years later In reaching for Burton and Schumacher, the Saints bypassed several future Pro Bowlers, including Harrah, Gary “Big Hands” Johnson, Russ Francis and Louis Wright.

No. 2: DE Shawn Knight

1987, R1 (11): The Saints were prepared to select Purdue cornerback Rod Woodson with the No 11 pick, but the Steelers took him at No. 10. The top three players on the Saints’ board were receiver Haywood Jeffires, tackle Harris Barton and defensive end Shawn Knight. The Saints took Knight How bad was Knight? He reported to training camp late and fell out of favor with the coaching staff. After his rookie season, the Saints traded him to Denver In three career NFL seasons, he started just one game and failed to record a single stat. He was out of the league in three years. Jeffires and Barton, meanwhile, went on to stellar careers. Each was a Pro Bowler and All-Pro.

No. 1: P-PK Russell Erxleben

1979, R1 (11): The pick that will live in infamy Head coach Dick Nolan fell in love with the strong-legged Texas kicker-punter while coaching the South team at the Senior Bowl. Against the wishes of personnel director Harry Hulmes, he made him the second-highest drafted

punter-kicker in NFL history

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exactly to line up the second-year wideout. In Denver, the Broncos discovered Vele could thrive from the slot where he played 62.5% of his snaps, according to Pro Football Focus. But the slot was a new adjustment for Vele last year after playing on the outside in college. Moore has said he sees Vele as capable of playing any of the three receiver spots During tra in ing camp, before Vele’s arrival, Moore mixed and matched who he chose to play from the slot. Sometimes, Moore went with Chris Olave, the team’s No. 1 receiver On other occasions, he’d go with Brandin Cooks. In some instances, he’d forgo a wide receiver and have tight end Juwan Johnson line up there. But the coach has a history of deploying a bigger receiver from the slot, when he has the option. As the offensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Chargers in 2023, Moore utilized Keenan Allen — still a full 3 inches shorter than Vele — as a go-to target from the slot, with 58% of his snaps coming from that area.

“It’s the same reason we talk about tight ends and being a quarterback’s best friend — there’s big guys, there’s catch radius, there’s a little bit of an ability to play with your body and box people out in contested catch situations,” Moore said. “Those guys show up a little bit more in the middle of the field.” As a rookie, Vele showed up when called upon. Of his 41 catches, 26 resulted in a first down and 12 of those came on third or fourth down. All three of his touchdowns were in the red zone. Interestingly, two of his scores came when he was lined up on the outside — including one ridiculous catch that saw the rookie secure the ball after three other players bobbled it.

seasons. In the 38 drafts since the Saints’ dubious selection, only one specialist has been selected in Round 1 (Sebastian Janikowski, Raiders, 2000).

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Erxleben was a bust from the start. He complained about back and leg problems during training camp and was beaten out for the starting kicker job by Rich Szaro. In his first game, his desperation pass after an errant snap was intercepted for the game-winning touchdown in an overtime loss to the archrival Falcons. In his second season, he missed a potential game-tying 34-yard field goal attempt in a 26-23 home loss to the 49ers. He converted only 4 of 8 field goals in

“Coach Payton and a lot of the guys trusted in me, and when my opportunities came, I had to make sure I made the most of them,” Vele said.

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Entering the diningroom at Emeril’s Restaurant,you pass smoothly curving walls and boothsthe color of quicksilver as you movetowardthe moon glowofthe illuminated frame around theglassed-in kitchen. It feels likesteppinginto atheater with theshowabout to begin. Othertables maybeseated,but it seems like this show has been synchronized just for you. It’squite aperformance. This is thenew Emeril’s, different in many ways from theone New Orleans has long known, which wasalways upscale yet also abit freewheeling. Butthis Emeril’sisalso drawing directly from the ideas that first fireditup, now translated for anew era.

The restaurant Emeril Lagasse openedin1990 as a 30-year-old risingstar is now run by hisson E.J. Lagasse, 22, as chef andco-owner

“It’sour family restaurant, andI’m trying to continue the evolutionofthat‘new New Orleanscuisine’ my dad first did here,” E.J. Lagasse said. “It’sthe dream my dad always had, to continually evolveit. We wanted to bringbackthatphilosophy,thatEmeril’sphilosophy,to keep pushing.”

Emeril’sisnow atasting menu restaurant. It is ultrahigh end. And it is still all about NewOrleans food, now elevated to thehighest levelofmoderncuisine.

With the Michelin Guidenow assessingNew Orleans restaurants atlonglast,some in thelocal dining scene have clearly been upping their game. Emeril’shas been ascending ever since the debut of its current modein 2023.The dinner Ihad at Emeril’s this summer fol-

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ABOVE: E.J.Lagasse, chef and co-owner of Emeril’s Restaurant in NewOrleans, directs atasting menu at hisfamily’s restaurant.

LEFT: In the kitchen at Emeril’sRestaurant in NewOrleans, chefs give diners apreview of the ingredients forthe night’s menu.

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TOP: At Emeril’sRestaurant,general manager Brandon Groh, chef E.J.Lagasse and chef de cuisine Emilie VanDykeawait the startofserviceinthe kitchen, as Saunders Conroyprepares atable. BELOW: Caramel sauce is applied at the table for the banana creampie.

Smoked salmon cheesecake is finished with Kaluga caviar and gold leaf

Divya Vohran at Emeril’s Restaurant prepares butter for evening service.

Ian McNulty WHAT’S COOKING

lowed the same format as one a year ago, but was remarkably more refined, distilled to a finer version of itself.

Here’s what it’s like to dine here today

A tasting menu experience

Soon after arriving, you’re invited into the gleaming kitchen, where at a specially devised counter a chef will explain the ingredients for the night’s meal. You also get an inside glimpse of the culinary choreography in motion to create it

Return to the table, and it’s set already with the first of a progression of a half-dozen canapés.

A po-boy the size of a chess piece tastes like the perfect chomp on a full po-boy The gumbo, silken and rich, could fit in a shot glass.

These are bolts of flavor Together, they could someone who had never before tasted New Orleans food a pretty good primer, and the first of the listed courses for this tasting menu hasn’t even arrived.

Luxury touches abound. Fine cultured butter is sculpted into a mountain and served from a cart with steaming-hot bread that somehow keeps steaming even after you’ve cut in. Another cart arrives later in the meal with an optional cheese course.

Underlying the opulent approach, though, is the substance of the meal.

There’s a certain standard of luxury dining that could be anywhere, with the portable trappings of expensive amenities and international cuisine. Emeril’s is the counterpoint. It is unmistakably a New Orleans restaurant, brought to a higher plane.

Ode to New Orleans

This menu is about the rich source material of Louisiana heritage food, and the culinary history of this restaurant, expressed with artful presentations alternating between intense and ephemeral.

There is also affection in this food, and emotion to the arch of the meal.

Many of the dishes sound familiar, especially if you’ve been dining at Emeril’s through the years.

But in this rendition, the familiarity can evoke wonder

How does the beef jus with the steak and daube taste so rich but remain so supple? How do the chanterelles seem to be one with the sweetbreads? How does the duck give three phases of textural taste, from skin to meat to finish?

Then you look toward the kitchen again, and watch chefs tending the grill, the sauces, the garnish, all progressing toward the counter at stage center where dishes are finished, and where the younger Lagasse inspects like an eagle the finished plate before it goes out.

Oyster stew is based on a dish the elder Lagasse created decades ago, and in the Herbsaint cream you can taste a connection to old New Orleans. In its new

jewel box composition, between the bursting flavor and delicate texture underneath the searcapped pad of foie gras, you get its 21st century progeny

One of the courses is trout almondine, the same in concept as the mainstay dish at traditional and historic New Orleans restaurants, here delivered through a kitchen focused on perfecting every aspect in its platonic ideal. What would be a chilled palate cleanser on a different tasting menu is instead a collaborative ode to Hansen’s Sno-Bliz, prepared tableside with syrups from the Uptown sno-ball shop. Service is the golden mean of confidence, intelligence and warmth. Courtly without being stiff, it adds to the multisensory pleasure of the meal, rather than

just conducting it.

Wine director Aaron Benjamin has a wonderland of vintages to draw from, for the pairing options or individual recommendations.

Emeril’s famous banana cream pie arrives near the end of the meal, reduced to the size of a Faberge egg, and looking just as delicate, at least until the caramel sauce is dripped over its sinuous curves of cream. But that’s not really the end. There will be other sweet tastes in finale, and even a few to bring home. And there will be the way this meal resonates in your memory and stories.

The bill, the bar Now the cost: Dinner is $225. One of the optional wine pairings will add $175; the other is $800. Supplemental dishes can lift the total. Apart from the pairings, the wine list has many excellent bottles under $100, though its depth is higher end.

Such a tally might have you measuring a dining experience against the relative value of a coveted concert ticket, a luxury spa day or just an unfettered run at an expense account steakhouse.

The best comparison is with other high-end tasting menus. Among the growing crop of local examples, Emeril’s is incrementally more expensive at its base level, potentially much more based on your wine decisions. But it is in its own higher league of excellence. There is no risk here; the money is getting you a peak dining experience.

There are also more accessible tastes of Emeril’s.

At the Wine Bar at Emeril’s, attached to the dining room, the cocktails from Alexandria Bowler, the wine, the service and the a la carte food menu all share the refinement underlying the big show of the tasting menu. You can have snacks or build an extraordinary meal. You should not miss the duck fried rice, tuna tartare, the stunning gumbo or the barbecue shrimp, a direct line to earlier Emeril’s.

It’s still expensive, but in line with conventional high-end restaurants. In the way that Nick Carraway had a cottage next to Jay Gatsby’s mansion, you get a taste of the grandeur without the cost.

The bar should be seen as a its own destination for a quicker, more casual outing, rather than a supporting player to the restaurant. It’s that

Final assessment

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Bar manager Alexandria Bowler guides the cocktail program at the Wine Bar at Emeril’s.

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Chef E.J Lagasse, left, works with chef de cuisine Emelie Van Dyke and sous chef Riley McDonnell in the kitchen at Emeril’s Restaurant.

HERITAGE

n 1825 Civil Code

The Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society invited its constituency to the 1825 Civil Code Bicentennial Commemoration. The Louisiana Bar Foundation was the Presenting Sponsor Co-chaired by Alan G. Brackett (attending with spouse Linda)and SCLAHS board member Harry J. “Skip” Philips Jr., the gala unfolded in the National WWII Museum, starting with aone-hour patron party in the Stagedoor Canteen with music by The Joe Simon Jazz Trio, and followed by aprogram anda seated dinner of salad, short ribs andblueberry cheesecake in the U.S. Freedom Pavilion.Guestsarrived through the Fire House Special Evententrance. The honorary co-chairs wereLt. Gov Billy Nungesser and state Sen. Franklin J. Foil,while those on the Bicentennial Committee were SCLAHS vice chair John Tarlton Olivier (with Terry), secretary Catherine J. Newsome and treasurer Benjamin W. Janke,along with Georgia D. Chadwick,Supreme Court ClerkofCourt Veronica Koclanes (with George), and retired Judge Mary Hotard Becnel, who doubled as the designer of thecenterpieces.They featured hurricane lamps surroundedbymagnoliasand Spanish moss and small Spanish, French andLouisiana flags representing the legal heritage of Spain andFranceand their impactonLouisiana. Each guest received acommemorativemedallion, which, on one side featured the Louisianastate seal, and on the obverse, the logo for the Civil Code Bicentennialand thenames of the three jurisconsultswho drafted theCivil Code: Pierre Derbigny,Edward Livingston and Louis Moreau-Lislet. Notables, and there were many,includedLouisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice John L.Weimer,attorney general Liz Murrill, SCLAHS chair E. Phelps Gay with Marian, respective Loyola and Tulane law school deans Madeleine M. Landrieu and MarcilynnBurke,Southern Law School Chancellor Alvin Washington,and professors Monica Hof Wallace, Ron Scalise and Sally Richardson, Shawn Vance,and Olivier Moreteau with his wife, Marie.Answering to Justice were Jeff Hughes (with Lisa),Will Crain, JayMcCallum (with Deanna), Piper D. Griffin, John Michael Guidry (with Carol), and Cade Cole (with Rebekah). Dozens attended from the Bicentennial Gala and Steering committees of SCLAHS. Unable to attend, French Consul General Rodolphe Sambou sent avideo with his best wishes and his perspective on theenduringrelationship betweenFranceand Louisiana. All recognized the goal of the 1825 Louisiana Civil Code to bea definitive legislative body of law and the significance of its 200thanniversary,which wascommemorated and celebrated at the gala.

n French Quarter Business Association

The city’smost known andinteresting section is the Vieux Carré andthe maintenance of its vitality is paramount. Thus for the French Quarter Business Association, the slogan is “Developing and Protectingthe Liveliest Neighborhood in theWorld.” To that effect, FQBA, amembership organization, assists in “thedevelopment and success of business in the Vieux Carré whileprotectingthe integrity of this historicand cultural district.” It acts as aconduit forother business and civicorganizations, residential associations and governmental entities. It was also the host organization for aglamorous gala in the new,ever-so-chic The Misi by Messina’sCateringinJax Brewery.The party was titled “Fete en Blanc,” andwhite was the sartorial look. Galachairman Shelley Pigeon of Pigeon’sCatering and Lauren Gusanders of Wander On Events also supervised thewhite table florals in keeping with the theme. Aspecial feature was the silent auction with 70-plus items from the best hotels, restaurants, art galleries and music venuesinand around the

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n Heritage Society

The BoardofTrustees of LoyolaUniversity of New Orleansinvited a select group to attend the 25th annual reception of the Heritage Society at the home of Williamand PamRyan, Bill and Pam. Attendees werethanked fortheir investment in the future of Loyola through their HS membership. The Heritage Society wasestablished in 1986 by the Rev.James C. Carter, S.J., to celebrate and thank the extraordinary donors fortheir commitment to Loyola University.The university’s board is headlined by chair Robert LeBlanc,’00; vice chair Ryan Haas,’99, M.S.; Loyola President XavierA.Cole, Ed.D.; and the Rev Penn Dawson, S.J., J.D., secretary/treasurer.Inaddition to them,25 others serve on the board. Hundreds figure on the Heritage Society roster Midway through the reception, president Cole and Stephanie Hotard,Loyola’svice president of University Advancement,gave remarks, starting with an effusive “welcome.” Dr Cole expressed Loyola’sgratitude to the assembly as he discussed the university’smission, values and commitment to education, along with updates. Within thegrouping were Susanne DeBerry Cole,Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs ThomasA.Chambers, and Vice President for Mission and Identitythe Rev John Cunningham,S.J., all three Ph.D., as well as board members Conrad “Duke”S.P.Williams III, MichaelSkehan (with Andrea Roane Skehan)and Stephanie Stokes,M.S. And Kevin Maney, Caroland MichaelFitzwilliam,and, as HS members, the above Stephanie Stokes, MaryJane Becker, Patricia Crowley,BarbaraDarcy,Marlene Donovan, Edwin Fleischmann Jr.,Valborg and RobertGross, Darleen L. Landry,and CaryOswald. They mingled with the Ryans’ daughter and son-in-law Meaghan and JoeBonavita, Courtney-Anne Sarpy, Katherine de Montluzin,and scores more.

The enticements of thedining room table weremany —“lots of delicious dishes,” commented one partygoer.Chez Nousprovided the drinks and hors d’oeuvres; The Plant Gallery,the florals; and forthe music making, it was Loyola alumnus Banjo Bergfeld and students Sebastian Brown and AustinHebert.

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ChristineBondio, Jessica Dietz,Donna Horowitz, Jodi and Tim Lafranca, Danielle Plauche-Shaw,Anne and Steven Queyrouze, Suzette Toledano,and Tony Viloria.For starters. Tapped to set abeat were entertainers the John Autin Trio, whose “Red Red Wine” added vinous color

Thelivingcan enjoy those funeral flowers

—Heloise Double duty

Dear Heloise: Martha D., in Southfield, Michigan, missed the point about flowers at a funeral in arecent column of yours. Of course, the dead person can’t“appreciate the beauty,” But family and friends are comforted by the fragrant, lovely gestures of sympathy!

—Lisa N., in Idaho Lisa, yes, this is true. Ialso enjoy sending aplant or flowers to people whilethey were alive. If Iwent to visitsomeone and stayed at their home, Ialways sent flowers, which Iarranged to have delivered after my departure with a note thanking my host and/or hostess

Ihoped it would remind them of the nice time we enjoyed and thank them for their hospitality.Itwas just intended as anice thing to do in addition to my hostess gift

—Heloise Fast shopping

Dear Heloise: Regarding the idea from Jan S., in Pennsylvania, I, too, make alist of the aisles in my local grocery store and leave spaces in between for the items Ineed on each aisle. Istarted this when my local store expanded At about the same time(16 yearsago), my husband had astroke, and Icouldn’tleave him alone for along time. So, having this list of each aisle and the items Ineeded on each aisle made my shopping trips much faster Istill use it today even though he passed away and I no longer needtohurry with my shopping. It still is very handy —Sue R., in Murphy,Texas Sue, Iknow what you mean. Ivisit my own local grocery store so often that now I could shop blindfolded!

P.S. I’m sorry for the loss of your husband. I’m surehe appreciated the fact thatyou took such great care of him.

Dear Heloise: For adry,disposable cloth sweeper,you can get doubleuse outofyour dry sweeping cloths.Instead of disposingofthe cloth after using it, turn it over,reinsert it, and use the other side. LauraB., in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Soot stains

Dear Heloise: We have an old fireplacefrom1965 that is made of porous split-faced blocks. Over theyears, the fires have deposited soot on the blocks, and Ican’t clean it. Ihave tried commercial brick cleaner,trisodium phosphate, andsalt mixtures to name afew treatments.

Ireally don’t wanttopaint it or resurface the fireplace because if it was clean,it would be beautiful. Anysuggestions on how to clean the blocks? —Terry,inCalifornia Terry,Iconsulted with a builder,and here washis suggestion:

n Use adrop cloth, heavy rubber gloves, and eye protection. Alwaystestsolutions first on asmall area.

n Thereisa “sootsponge” that some hardwarestores carry,oryou might find it online.

n First,try baking soda mixed withvinegarand alittle water,then go to town on the soot with ahard-bristled brush. Rinse. Always start at thetop and work your way down.

n Trytrisodium phosphate again.Followthe instructions on the container and leave on for about 20 minutes before rinsing it off.

While thesesteps may help,you mayhave to repeat them to getthe resultsyou want. Andthe stain may have worked its way into the area so deeply bynow that youmight have to livewith a shadowy stain there. —Heloise Send ahint to heloise@ heloise.com.

Dear Miss Manners: Ilive in afourfamily apartment building in a middle-class neighborhood. All of thetenants are very nice people, but thelandlord is notoriously unresponsive. Ilive on thesecond floor,and theyoung lady in theapartment next door to me has everything delivered to her.We share acommon front stairway The other day,a deliverywas made to her front door (a few feet from mine) from alocal coffee shop. From the trail of evidence left by thedelivery person, the lid of the coffee cup must have come looseonthe front porch, then the drink spilled through thefoyer and up two flightsofstairs, terminating at her door It was amess. The coffee must have been an extra-large with milk and sugar My neighbor toldmeabout the spill, that shehad apprised the landlordofthe messneeding to be cleaned up, and that shehad left bad feedback for thedelivery person Andthat was the end of the

story —acoffee-splashed stairway floor for everyone to try to tiptoe around.

How should Ihavehandledthis situation, and who do you think should have been responsible for cleaning it up: the delivery service? The landlord? My neighbor? Other?

Gentle Reader: Your neighbor should have cleaned it up, or the building management could have, if they have regular arrangements forsuch things —although it sounds as if theydonot.

Butifthis goes on much longer, MissManners is going to come over and clean it up herself, if only to put an end to the discussion. Even if this wasanextra-extralarge coffee, we are nottalking about aSuperfund site

Dear Miss Manners: Iwas in asubway station waiting for my train, standing near acolumn, when a gentleman emergedfrom the other side of the column. Iwas instantly face-to-face with this man, whose face was missing most of its features, presumably as aresult of some trauma.

Iamsorry to sayIgasped. Very audibly

We continued to wait for the train, and Ididn’tknow whattodo.

TODAYINHISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Wednesday,Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2025. There are 119 days left in theyear

Todayinhistory:

On Sept.3,1783, representatives of the United States and Britain signed theTreaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary Warand recognized U.S. sovereignty

Also on this date:

In 1861, during theCivil War, Confederate forces invaded the border state of Kentucky,which had declared its neutralityinthe conflict.

In 1894, theUnited States celebrated the first federal Labor Day holiday

In 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell became thefirst person to drive an automobile more than 300 mph,

speeding across the Bonneville Salt FlatsinUtah.

In 1939, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealanddeclared war on Germany,two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland; in aradio address, Britain’sKing George VI said, “WithGod’s help, we shall prevail.”

In 1943, Allied forces invaded Italy during World WarII, the same dayItalian officials signeda secret armistice with the Allies.

In 1976, America’sViking 2 lander touched down on Mars to takethe first close-up, color photographs of the redplanet’ssurface.

In 1999, aFrenchjudge closed a two-year inquiry into the carcrash that killed Princess Diana, dismissing all chargesagainst nine photographersand apress motorcyclist, and concluding the crash was caused by an inebriateddriver

Istood there silently,smiling in what Ihopewas afriendly manner Ican only plead thatthe gasp was completely involuntary andreflexive.Should Ihaveapologized? At the time,I thought doing so would just make the situation even more awkward. Iwas honestly at aloss as to howtoremedymypoor behavior This happened some time ago, but Ihavebeen bothered by it ever since.

Gentle Reader: Thatisunderstandable,but Miss Manners believes thatyou can stopnow Yourecognize thatyour reactionwas involuntary,thatyou felt sorry,and thatdrawing too much attentiontoitwould have made things worse. The correct response would have been,“I’m so sorry; you startled me!” suggesting that you would have hadanidentical reaction to anyvisage at equally close range

Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners,Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City,MO 64106.

In 2019, Walmart said it would stopselling ammunition for handguns andshort-barrelrifles, and the store chainrequested that customers notopenly carry firearms in its stores; the announcement followed ashooting at aWalmart store in Texasthatleft 22 people dead Today’sbirthdays: Singer-musician Al Jardine (The Beach Boys) is 82. ActorValerie Perrine is 82. Filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet is 72. Rock guitarist Steve Jones (The SexPistols) is 70.Actor Steve Schirripa (TV:“The Sopranos”) is 67. AuthorMalcolmGladwell is 62. ActorCharlie Sheen is 60. Filmmaker Noah Baumbachis56. Actor Garrett Hedlund is 41.Olympic gold medal snowboarderShaun White is 39. Model-actor Kaia Gerberis24. ActorJackDylan Grazer is 22.

Hints from Heloise

VIRGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22) Take pleasure in who you are, what you've done and what you still want to achieve. Refuse to let inconsistency be your demise or outsiders confuse you. Do your research and make things happen your way.

LIBRA (sept. 23-oct. 23) Sitbackandrefuse to let your emotions or temper escalate. Look for peace and tranquility in places that bring you joy Stick close to home or find your comfort zone wherever you are.

scoRPIo (oct. 24-Nov. 22) A little charm will go a long way Focus on your talents, skills and goals and you will discover the best approach to accomplish tasks to your specifications and without interference.

sAGIttARIus (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) You'll crave change, but don't take on more than you can handle. Listen to what others say, but only commit to what's feasible. Don't believe everything you hear, and get what you want in writing.

cAPRIcoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Actinginhaste will backfire. A change in your routine willjump-startyourmindandencourage youtoexpandyourawarenessregarding matters of concern.

AQuARIus (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Keep pushing forward until you are satisfied with the results. You have plenty to gain if you adjust your home environment to suit your needs better. An unusual marketing strategy will pay off.

PIscEs (Feb. 20-March 20) Be a leader, not a follower. Problems with someone you interact with will inevitably arise, alter-

ing your feelings about continuing the relationship. Take a timeout and rethink your next move. ARIEs (March 21-April 19) Exerciserestraint whenitcomestotryingtoproveyourself to unworthy people. Your best returns will come from spending more time on perfectingyourself,yourimageandyour skills. A financial shift is within reach.

tAuRus (April 20-May 20) Intellectual activities and events will be your platform to shine. Summarize your talents and objectives and update your resume. The time to push your way to stardom is now.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Achangeinmindset due to adverse events will hold you back. Create your scenario instead of becoming part of someone else's goal. Replace what isn't working with what will.

cANcER (June 21-July 22) An optimistic attitude will pave the way to new beginnings. Put your energy into transformation, not anger and regret. Get up and go and make things happen, and you'll discover something or someone special. LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Put pressure where it will help you gain access to what you want, and don't look back. Refuse to let technicalities stand between you and your dreams. Take care of legalities, rules and regulations quickly.

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Sudoku

InstructIons: sudoku is anumber-placing puzzle based on a9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1to9inthe empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

BLondie

BaBY BLueS

By PHILLIP ALDER Bridge

Baroness Edith Clara Summerskill, who wasa Labour Party memberofBritish Parliament from 1938 to 1961, said, “Nagging is the repetition of unpalatable truths.”

That does not apply to nagging in bridge classes, where theteacher is repeating truthsabout thegame. Look at the South hand in today’s diagram. With 22 points, agreat five-card suit and all of those prime cards, it easily qualifies for atwo-clubopening bid. Butafter North responds two diamonds, thenegative response usually made with 0-7 points, what should South rebid?

While youare thinking about that, supposeSouth ends in three no-trump. WhathappensafterWestleadseitherthe spade four or the heart king?

Abasic rule of bidding at the game-level is to aimfor no-trump, not for aminor Whenthisdeal wasplayed, South rebid three clubs instead of two no-trump abad error. It got worse when North passed out three clubs, aforcing bid! Over twono-trump, North would have usedStaymantotrytofinda4-4spadefit beforesettling into three no-trump. It would be normalfor West to lead the spadefour.SouthcapturesEast’s10with his king, cashes thediamond ace, and continues with thediamond jack.Here, East has to win and can do no better than to cashhis spade queen and play another spade to hold declarer to 10 tricks. However, if Westispsychic, he will lead theheart king. Then Southcannot makehis contract. Declarer would rue thelack of theclub 10 on the board as an entry for thediamond finesse. ©2025 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

Each Wuzzle is aword riddle which creates adisguised word, phrase, name, place, saying,

INstRuctIoNs: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. additional words made by adding a“d” or an “s” may not be used. 4. proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.

toDAy’sWoRD DIstREss: dih-STRES: Pain or sufferingaffectingthe body or mind.

Averagemark25words

Time limit 35 minutes

Can youfind 31 or more wordsinDISTRESS?

yEstERDAy’sWoRD—BEAcoNs

etc. For example:

marmaduKe

Bizarro

hagar the horriBle

Pearls Before swiNe

garfield

B.C.

PiCKles

hidato

mallard fillmore

dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. “Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

ken ken

InstructIons: 1 Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2 - The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner. HErE is a

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

Scrabble GramS

Get fuzzy

jump Start

roSe

DuStin

Drabble Wallace the brave

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y 5) Thenewspaperstobe publishedinare “The Times-Picayune/The NewOrleans Advocate”. 6) Thedateof firstpubli‐cation is the4th dayof August,2025, sixtydays before thehearing,and thesubsequentpublica‐tion is on the3rd dayof September, 2025; which is notlessthan fifteen (15) days from the first publication. 151080-AUG4-SEP 3-2T $485

y g and that JefferyGiambel‐luca andJames Theriot, whoseaddressisc/o Gaudry,Ranson, Higgins &Gremillion, L.L.C. 401 WhitneyAvenue,Suite 500, Gretna,Louisiana 70056, have been duly ap‐pointedtoserve as the Co-Liquidators. 156528-sept 3-1t $84.10

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Companyre‐quests that allpersons andorganizations who have claims againstit presentsuchclaimsim‐

ties in thecaptioned ac‐tion arelistedinthe Peti‐tion filedwiththe Court. 3) Thenameofthe attor‐neyrepresentingthe De‐fendants is:Jason E. Wil‐son, Galloway,Johnson Tompkins,Burr& Smith, 3861 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy,Ste.300 Lafayette, LA 70503. 4) Youare furthernoti‐fied that unless youap‐pear andshowgood causefor failing to file a motion to substitute or otherpleadingorother‐wise appear anddefend this action in thehearing to dismissthismatter, setfor the3rd dayofOc‐tober, 2025, or before 60 days from the firstNotice of DismissalwithPreju‐dice,thisactionwill ceaseand no further claims may be asserted ) h b

NOTICE

CITY OF HARAHAN LEGALS

TheCityofKenner is interested in establishing apre-position contract to provide Remediation Services for disaster and/or emergency events on an as needed basis.

Thiscontract maybeinvoked forParish,Stateand Federally declared disasteror emergency events. This resultingcontract from this RFPmay be eligible for FEMA reimbursement Interested individuals or firmscan obtain acopy of theRequestfor Proposal packets by emailing theCityofKenner Finance Department at Fincontracts@ kenner.la.us or visitingwww.Kenner.la.us. RFP packets mayalsobeobtained, as well as submitted,onwww.centralauctionhouse.com. Completed packets are to be returned to theFinance Department by mail via USPS, Fed Ex or UPS no later than 9:45 A.M.,Thursday September25th,2025.

TheCityofKenner reserves theright to reject anyand all submissions. For additional informationregarding this project, pleasecontact FINcontracts@kenner. la.us.

MichaelJ.GlaserElizabeth Herring MayorChief Financial Officer City of KennerCity of Kenner

RFPNo. 25-6910 TheAdvocate August27th,September 3rd and10th, 2025

PUBLIC NOTICE RFP25-6899

Provide Consulting Services andTechnicalAssistancefor GrantFunded Programs For theCity of Kenner

TheCityofKennerisinterestedin establishing Consulting Services and Technical Assistance forGrantFundedPrograms on an as needed basis Interestedindividuals or firmscan obtain acopyofthe Request forProposal packets by emailing theCityofKennerFinance Department at Fincontracts@ kenner.la.usorvisiting www.Kenner.la.us.RFP packetsmay also be obtained,

(formerly South Jefferson DavisParkway); along South NormanC.FrancisParkway (formerly South Jefferson DavisParkway) to its intersection with Washington Avenue;thenalong Washington Avenue to where it becomes Toledano Street,and thenalong Toledano Street to its intersection with

WRIT AMOUNT: $27,496.64

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

CERTAINPOR‐TION OF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 80 CY‐PRESSGROVE COURT, UNIT 33,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:THE TIM‐BERGROVE CON‐DOMINIUM AS‐SOCIATION, INC. AND TIMBERGROVE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, INC. VERSUS PERKINS, KEN‐NETH

CI VI L DI

OR

S Case No: 2019-3031

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: CONDO: 80 CY‐PRESSGROVE CT,UNIT33, NEWORLEANS, LA 70131

LOTS:1,2,4,5, AND6,SQUARE; 2 FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1437813

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 25 STEPHENSON, CHAVARRI,& DAWSON,L.L.C 504-523-6496 MARIAI STEPHENSON

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $93.01

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

ACONDO:THAT CERTAINPOR‐TION OF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 920 POEYFARRE STREET UNIT 269, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:COTTON MILL CONDO‐MINIUM ASSO‐CIATION, INC. VERSUS JACOBNORRIS WOODARD

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7074

y in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM PARCEL OF COT‐TONMILLCON‐DOMINIUMS (HEREINAFTER THE“CONDO‐MINIUM”), CRE‐ATED PURSUANT TO AN ACTOF DECLARATION CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A CONDOMINIUM REGIME DATED SEPTEMBER30, 1996, FILEDAS NOTARY ARCHIVES IN‐STRUMENT NO 96 47068, CONVEYANCE INSTRUMENT NO.129219, COB 956 FOLIO 296, RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA, AS AMENDEDAND RESTATED BY THAT CERTAIN AMENDEDAND RESTATED ACT OF DECLARA‐TION BY COT‐

TONMILLLIM‐ITED PARTNER‐SHIP CREATING ANDESTABLISH‐INGA CONDO‐MINIUM REGIME FORCOTTON MILL CONDO‐MINIUMS BEFORE RANDY OPOTOWSKY, NOTARY PUBLIC, DATEDFEBRU‐ARY12, 1998, FILEDAS NOTARIAL ARCHIVES IN‐STRUMENT NO 98 13073, CON‐VEYANCEIN‐STRUMENT NO 155932, AND FURTHER AMENDEDBY THAT CERTAIN INSTRUMENT EXECUTED OCTOBER19, 1998, OCTOBER 28, 1998, FILED NOVERMBER4 1998, AS NOTAR‐IAL ARCHIVES IN‐STRUMENT NO 98 50888, CON‐VEYANCEIN‐STRUMENT NO 168266, RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH LOUISIANA, AND AS FURTHER AMENDEDAND

RESTATED BY THAT CERTAIN SECOND AMENDEDAND COMPLETELY RESTATED ACT OF DECLARATIN, DATEDJUNE30, 2004 ANDFILED JULY 1, 2004 AS NOTARIAL ARCHIVES IN‐STRUMENT NO 04 34228, CON‐VEYANCEIN‐STRUMENT NO 286768, RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH LOUISIANA (HEREINAFTER THE“DECLARA‐TION”) WHICHSAID PARCEL IS DES‐IGNATEDAS UNIT NO.269, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED IN‐TEREST IN AND TO COMMONEL‐EMENTS APPUR‐TENANT THERETO, AS PROVIDED IN THEDE‐CLARATIN,AS AMENDEDAND RESTATED.THE CONDOMINIUM IS SITUATED UPON ANDTHE DECLA‐

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Pursuant to the provisions of Resolution R-25-425, adoptedby theCity Council of New Orleans (the “Council”)onAugust7,2025 (the “Resolution”), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an election will be held in New Orleans on Saturday,November15, 2025, and that at said special election therewill be submitted to all registered voters residing in the City of New Orleans who arequalified and entitled to vote at the said election underthe Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to wit:

BOND PROPOSITION

AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS

Shall the City of New Orleans,Louisiana (the “City”),incur debt and issueupto$45,000,000 of generalobligation bonds of theCity,inmultiple series,each series to run not exceeding thirty (30) years from the date thereofand bearing interestat arate not exceeding eight percent (8.00%) per annum, for the purposeofmaking capital improvements in the City approved by the New Orleans City Council and permitted by the City’s Home Rule Charter consisting of constructing, renovating, acquiring, and/or improving affordable housing facilities, including acquiring all necessaryfurnishings fixtures, and equipment therefor,whichbonds will be generalobligations of the City,payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the mannerprovidedbyArticle VI, Section 33 of theConstitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto, with no estimatedincreasein themillage rate to be levied in the first year abovethe 14.5 mills currently being levied to pay GeneralObligation Bonds of the City?

The estimated costofthis election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actualcosts of similarelections is $120,500.00. It is expressly providedthat aportion of the monies collectedfromthe tax levied to pay the bonds authorized herein shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systemsinthe mannerrequired by law

RATION RE‐LATESTOTHE FOLLOWINGDE‐SCRIBED PROPERTY,TO WIT: THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND,SITU‐ATED IN THE STATEOF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS, FIRSTMUNICI‐PALDISTRICTOF THECITYOF NEWORLEANS, COMPOSED OF ALLLOTS, GAPS, GORES, ANDAL‐LEYS COMPRIS‐INGSQUARENO. 120, WHICHSQUARE IS BOUNDEDBY POEYFARRE, CONSTANCE, JOHN CHURCHILL CHASE, ANDAN‐NUNCIATION STREETS, AS DE‐LINEATED ON A SURVEY BY COLEMAN, KUHN,P.L.S OF GANDOLFO KUHN &ASSOCI‐ATES,C.E.&LS,

DATEDSEPTEM‐BER20, 1996, DRAWING NO.T 181 4, AC‐CORDINGTO WHICHSURVEY, SAID SQUARE NO.120 IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCE AT THENORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF CONSTANCE ANDJOHN CHRUCHILL CHASE STREETS; PROCEED THENCE ALONG THEEASTERLY RIGHTOFWAY OF CONSTANCE STREET,N 13°44’45” E, A DISTANCE OF 265 FEET 54/8 INCHES TO THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF CONSTANCE ANDPOEYFARRE STREETS; THENCE ALONG THESOUTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY OF POEYFARRE STREET,S 76°06’15”

E, ADISTANCE OF 465 47/8 INCHES TO THE SOUTHWESTIN‐TERSECTION OF ANNUNCIATION ANDPOEYFARRE STREETS; THENCE ALONG THEWESTERLY RIGHTOFWAY OF ANNUNCIA‐TION STREET,S 13°41’45” W, A DISTANCE OF 265 FEET 54/8 INCHES TO THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF ANNUNCIA‐TION ANDJOHN CHURCHILLCHAS STREETS; THENCE ALONG THENORTHERLY RIGHTOFWAY OF JOHN CHRUCHILL CHASE STREET,N 76°06’15” W, A DISTANCE OF 465 FEET 76/8 INCHES TO THE POINTOF COMMENCE‐MENT PROPERTY AD‐

law enforcement or security personnel and their services, suchpersonnel and services shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of personnel and services provided by the New Orleans Police Department? Said election shall be held at the polling places located within the precincts delineated hereinbelow.The polls in suchprecincts will open at seveno’clock in the morning (7:00 a.m.) and closeateight o’clock in the evening (8:00 p.m.),inaccordance with the provisions of R.S 18:541. Registered voters in each of the following precincts who are residents of the District shall be eligible to vote on said proposition: POLLING PLACE(S) WARD PRECINCT LOCATION 943C (Partial) St Maria Goretti Church 7300 Crowder Blvd

NOTICE OF ELECTION

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orableJudgesof CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue,

Pursuant to theprovisions of Resolution R-25-412 adopted by the City CouncilofNew Orleans on July 24, 2025, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an election will be held in New Orleans on November 15, 2025 andatthe election therewill be submitted to all registered voters (who arequalified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution andLaws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution andLaws of the United States) residing in the Upper AudubonSecurity District (“District”), which is comprised of the area of the City of New Orleanslocated within the following boundaries: the Uptown side of AudubonPark to St. Charles Avenue (riverside only) to Broadway Street (both sides) to Magazine Street (lakeside only) and back to the Uptown side of Audubon Park, to wit: UPPER AUDUBON SECURITY DISTRICT PROPOSITION Shall the City of New Orleans levy an annual fee on each parcel within theUpper Audubon Security District (“District”), as delineated in La. R.S. 33:9091.12(B), in an amount not to exceed$1,200 per year,with theprecise amount as requested by duly adopted boardresolution, except aparcel whose owner qualifiesfor special assessment pursuant to ArticleVII, Section 18(G)(1) of theLouisiana Constitution, foraterm of seven years, commencing January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2032, which fee is estimated to generate approximately $232,000 annually,tobeused exclusively to aid in crime prevention andreduction by providing additional securityfor District residents, except a1%City collection fee, solely,and if used foradditional law enforcement or security personneland their services,such personnel andservices shall be supplemental to and not in lieu of thoseprovided by theNew Orleans Police Department?

Said election shall be held at the polling places located within theprecincts delineated hereinbelow.The pollsinsuch precincts will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m., in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 18:541. Registered voters in each of the following precinctswho areresidents of the District shall be eligible to vote on said proposition:

POLLING PLACES

WARD PRECINCT LOCATION 14 10 (partial), 11 (partial) AudubonCharterLower School 428 Broadway Street

Theestimated cost of this election, as determined by the Louisiana SecretaryofState, based upon the provisions of Title 18, Chapter 8A of theLouisiana Revised Statues and the actual costs of similar elections, is $7,400.

TheCouncil, acting under the powers granted to it by theCity Charterand state statutes, shall meet at its regular meeting place, theCouncil Chamber,City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday,December 18, 2025, beginning at10:00 a.m. andshall then and thereinopen andpublic session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declarethe result of said election

AISHAR.COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATES: August 27,September 3,10and 17,2025

NOCP 8586

155619-544620-aug 27-sept3-10-17-4t

$401.96

The Council, acting under the powers grantedtoitbythe City Charter and state statutes, shall meet at its regularmeeting place, theCouncil Chamber,City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans Louisiana on Thursday, December 18, 2025, beginning at ten o’clock (10:00) a.m. and shall then and thereinopen and public session proceed to examine and canvassthe returns and declare the result of said election.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATES: August27, September 3, 10 and 17, 2025

NOCP 8587

155620-544622-aug 27-sept3-10-17-4t

$360.36

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Pursuant to the provisions of Resolution R-25-427, adoptedby theCity Council of NewOrleans (the “Council”)onAugust7,2025 (the “Substitute Resolution”), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an election will be held in New Orleans on Saturday,November 15, 2025, and that at said special election therewill be submitted to all registered voters residing in the City of New Orleans who arequalified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the UnitedStates, the following proposition, to wit: BOND PROPOSITION

CITYINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Shall the City of New Orleans,Louisiana (the “City”),incur debt and issueupto$415,000,000 of generalobligation bonds of theCity,inmultiple series,torun not exceeding thirty (30) years from each date thereof and bearing interest at rates not exceeding eight percent (8.00%) per annum, for the purpose of making capital improvements in the City approved by the NewOrleans City Council and permitted bythe City’sHome Rule Charter,including (i) constructing, renovating, acquiring, equipping, and/or improving roadsand streets,bridges, buildings,lands,public safety facilities, parks and recreational facilities, and other infrastructureinthe City;(ii) acquiring long-lived softwareand technology improvements;and (iii) acquiring heavyequipment,furnishings,and essential service vehicles for public purposes, which bonds will be general obligations of the City,payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collectedinthe mannerprovidedbyArticle VI, Section 33 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto, with no estimatedincreasein themillage rate to be levied in the first year abovethe 14.5 mills currently being levied to pay othergeneralobligation bonds of the City?

The estimatedcostofthis election as determinedbythe Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actualcosts of similarelections is $120,500.00 It is expresslyprovided that aportion of the moniescollectedfromthe tax levied to pay thebonds authorized herein shall beremitted to certain state and statewide retirement systemsinthe mannerrequired bylaw

The Council, acting under the powers grantedtoitbythe City Charter and state statutes, shall meet at its regularmeeting place theCouncil Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans Louisiana on Thursday, December 18, 2025, beginning at ten o’clock (10:00) a.m. and shall then and thereinopen and public session proceed to examine and canvassthe returns and declare the result of saidelection.

The Substitute Resolution includes alistofprojects the Council hasindicatedthe City intends to undertake in the eventthe voters approvethe proposition as setforth aboveand the City actually issues thebonds authorized thereby, along with aprocessfor adding projects or removing or substituting projects on such list.

AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

The estimated costofthis election, as determined by the Louisiana Secretary of State, based upon the provisions of Title 18, Chapter 8A of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and the actual costs of similar elections is $6,800. The Council, acting under the powers granted to it by the City Charter and state statutes, shall meet at its regular meeting place, the Council Chamber,City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday,December 18, 2025 beginning at ten o’clock (10:00) a.m. and shall then and thereinopen and public session proceed to examine and canvassthe returns and declarethe result of said election.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANTCLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES:August 27, September3,10and 17, 2025 NOCP 8584 155617-544617-aug 27-sept3-10-17-4t $401.96

NOTICE OF SPECIALELECTION (AS CORRECTED)

Pursuant to the provisions of Resolution R-25-426, adopted by the City Council of New Orleans (the “Council”)onAugust 7, 2025 (the “Resolution”), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an election

DRESS: 920 POEYFARRE STREET,UNIT 269 NEWORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130

BEINGTHE SAME PROP‐ERTY ACQUIRED BY JACOBNOR‐RISWOODARD FROMROCK PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. BY ACTOF CASH SALE DATEDJUNE30, 2009, AND REGISTERED ON JULY 1, 2009 AT INSTRUMENT NUMBER 2009 26852, CON‐VEYANCE INSTRUMENT NUMBER 437045 IN THERECORDS OF THECLERK OF COURTFOR ORLEANS PARISH LOUISIANA (“THEPROP‐ERTY”)

WRIT AMOUNT:

$29,755.49

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 26

MINIUM, AS CREATEDBY DECLARATION OF CONDO‐MINIUM EXE‐CUTEDBYJ.S HOMESCORPO‐RATION,AS DECLARANT, REGISTERED IN COB773 A, FOLIO 907, AS AMENDEDIN COB773 D, FOLIO98101, COB773 E, FOLIO646, COB 778 G, FOLIO 717 ANDINCOB 778 D, FOLIO 630 ANDIDENTI‐FIED AS UNIT NUMBER 107, TOGETHER WITH OWNERSHIPOF AND UNDIVIDEDIN‐TEREST OF .438739INTHE COMMONELE‐MENTS.

WRIT AMOUNT:

$17,103.43

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans GH 19 LAWOFFICESOF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225) 756 0373 DENNISF.WIG‐GINS,JR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t

JUL30-SEP3-2T $112.07

PUBLIC NOTICE

ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THETHIRD DIS‐TRICTOFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN SQUARE 894, BOUNDEDBYN ROMAN, N. PRIEUR,LA‐HARPEAND LEP‐EYROUSE STREETS, SAID LOT COMMENCES 104.92 FEET FROM THECOR‐NEROFN ROMANAND LA‐HARPESTREETS ANDMEASURES THENCE THIRTY FEET (30’) FRONTONN ROMANSTREET, BY A DEPTHOFONE HUNDRED TWENTY FEET (120’)BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINESAS SHOWNONTHE SURVEY OF J.J. KREBS& SONS, INC.,SURVEY‐ORS, DATED MAY26, 1966 ANDISCOM‐POSEDOFTHE FRONTPORTION OF LOT12. WRIT AMOUNT: $124,288.35

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans GH 20 LAWOFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225) 756 0373 DENNISF.WIG‐GINS,JR.

y public auction, on theground

$235.41

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1559 61 NORTHROMAN STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:WELLS FARGOBANK, N.A. VERSUS TAMARA WILLIAMS RUGONA/K/A TAMARA W. RUGONA/K/A TAMARA RUGON CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7504 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, the following describedprop‐erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS ANDIMPROVE‐MENTS THEREON, AND ALLTHE RIGHTS WAYS, PRIVLEGES, SERVITUDES, ADVANTAGES ANDAPPURTE‐NANCES THERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORIN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THEPARISHOF PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3562

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

JUL30-SEP3-2T $121.07

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5713 COUNTLN, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WILM‐INGTON SAV‐INGS FUND SO‐CIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UAL CAPACITY,BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEEONBE‐HALF FORCSMC 2018 RPL12 TRUSTVERSUS RAYMOND PITTMAN, DARIN ALPHONSE COLLINS, INDI‐VIDUALLY,AND IN HISCAPACITY AS ADMINIS‐TRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF KAYCHARLOT PITTMAN, ALLENJOSEPH COLLINS,HOWAR CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, 4K'S PROPERTIES & CONSTRUCTION, LLC, ANDNOIR INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC

floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS AN IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLTHE RIGHTS WAYS,PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVI‐TUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGINGORIN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THETHIRD DIS‐TRICTOFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWNAS"RE‐GENCYPARK TOWN HOMES,"RE‐GENCYPARK SUBDIVISION PHASEII, AS SHOWNONA PLAN OF BEN‐JAMIN L. CARTER DATEDMARCH 29, 1967, AND RECORDED IN C.O.B. 684, FOLIO 114, AND ALSO AS SHOWNONA PLAN OF GAN‐GOLFO, KUHN ANDASSOCI‐ATES,CERTIFIED CORRECT MAY 24, 1979, ACOPY OF WHICHISAT‐TACHED TO ACT OF RESTATE‐MENT ANDREVISION OF SERVITUDES, RESTRICTIONS ANDPRIVILEGES PASSEDBEFORE LOUISB.GRA‐HAM, N.P., DATEDMAY 29, 1979, ANDREG‐ISTEREDIN C.O.B. 763C FOLIOS233 274, ANDACCORD‐INGTOWHICH SAID LOTISDES‐IGNATED AS LOT, BLOCK4 OF THE SUBDIVISION KNOWNASRE‐GENCYPARK TOWN HOMES, ANDALSO BEARSUNITNO 5713 COUNT LANE

ALLASMORE FULLYSHOWN ON CURRENT SURVEY BY GANDOLFO KUHN AND ASSOCIATES C.E. ANDS., DATEDMAY 9, 1980.

WRIT AMOUNT: $59,628.68

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 728 9THST, CITY OF NEWORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FI‐NANCEOF AMERICARE‐VERSELLC VER‐SUSSERETHA MENO GUILFORD A/K/A

SERETHAM GUILFORD A/K/A

SERETHAGUIL‐FORD

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-773

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

A CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS ANDIMPROVE‐MENTS THEREON, AND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS,PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVITUDES APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOOR IN ANYWISE APPERTANUNG, SITUATED IN THEFOURTH DISTRICT OF THECITYOF NEWORLEANS IN SQUARE BOUNDEDBY NINTH, ANNUNI‐CATION, CHIPPEWA,AND HARMONY STREETS, DESIG‐NATEDASLOT NO.3 ANDMEA‐SURES27FEET,5 INCHES ON NINTH STREET,27 FEET 6INCHESAND 5 LINES ON THE SIDE DIVIDING IT FROM NO 2. AND 87 FEET MORE OR LESS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE LINENEAREST TO ANNUNICA‐TION STREET SAID PORTIONOF GROUND IS SHOWNON SKETCH BY L. FREMAUX, ASSISTANTCITY SURVEYOR OF THIS CITY ON MAY9,AN‐NEXEDTOAN ACTOFSALE FROM J. L. EIZINGER TO F.A. COSSELL, PASSEDBEFORE J. F. COFFEY, LATE NOTARY, ON FEBRUARY 12, 1873.

WRIT AMOUNT:

$153,188.55

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

(s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

JUL30-SEP3-2T $122.65

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1522 GORDON STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS LYDIA CHAPITAL JOSEPH,ALLI‐SONL.CHAPI‐TAL, JR.,SHARON CHAPITAL GRIF‐FIN, KARENL CHAPITAL, ELEANORM CHAPITAL,GARY CHAPITAL,OR HIS SUCCESSORS, HEIRS, ANDAS‐SIGNS, ERIC D. CHAPITAL,KEN‐NETH S. CHAPI‐TAL, SHAUNE CHAPITAL, JAMAR C. CHAPITAL ANDRAPHAEL CHAPITAL

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-10715

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1522 GORDON ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70117

LOTS:18AND 19, SQUARE:686 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1409555 WRIT AMOUNT: $20,170.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 1 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 DEISHA LA‐GARDE

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-10235

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2201 DELERY ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70117 LOT9 -SQUARE 1 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1382643 WRIT AMOUNT: $1,710.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 3 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 ANNA T. LEE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $86.66

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2019 CARNOT STREET, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS BRUCE ALLENYOUNG‐BLOOD,TORRI YOUNGBLOOD, ANDBRIDGETT YOUNGBLOOD WILSON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7986

TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

BT 2 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 CHARMAINEL MARCHAND

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $88.24

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1475 LAURADALE DRIVE, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:STAN‐DARD MORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS LATOYA ARM‐WOOD,DI‐VORCED WIFE OF JOSEPH MCGINNIS

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5308 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1475 LAU‐RADALE DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 LOT:9, SQUARE: 4 FIFTHMUNICI‐PAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1311259 LAURADALE SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $77,396.73

RB 30 THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756 0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $97.77

9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025

sep3-oct 8-2t $91.42

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 924 ELYSIANFIELDS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FED‐ERAL HOME LOAN MORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS CATHY CAMPBELL A/K/ACATHY DOWNSTIM‐MONS CAMP‐BELL

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5803 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 924 ELYSIAN FIELDS AV NEW ORLEANS, LA 70117 LOTC -SQUARE 271 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1203167 WRIT AMOUNT: $112,649.31

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 7 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ZACHARYG YOUNG

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025 JUL30-SEP3-2T $147.00

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans RB 33

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN

THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756 0373 DENNISF.WIG‐GINS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2201 DELERY ST,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTER ENTI‐TLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS THE LOFT (A/K/A THELOFTINC.) ANDSANDRAP MARTIN

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2109 CARNOT ST NEWORLEANS, LA 70122 SQUARE 3460, LOTB THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQ MIN:1435175 WRIT AMOUNT: $11,705.91

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 12 GRAHAM,ARCE‐NEAUX& ALLEN, LLC504-5228256 FOERSTNERG MEYER

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s):

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $90.36

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-1159 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2001-03 KERLEREC STREET,THIS CITY, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:IPF22, L.L.C. VERSUS DAVIDBELFIELD, III, APLC,TODD MCDONALD, DEBORAHA FLEMING, NATHAN J. PETE, ANDDREWB MORVANT, DDS CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-5374 By virtue of a CourtOrder di‐

Seized in the abovesuit,

rected to me by theHonorable

Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground

floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

2001-03 KER‐LEREC ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116 LOT24, SQUARE 1040 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQCIN:745873

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- 100% CASH AT THE MOMENT OF AD‐JUDICATION Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans BD 16

The N.O. Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025 jul30-sep3-2t $84.04

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4214 ERATOSTREET, THIS CITY,IN

THE MATTERENTI‐TLED:U.S.BANK TRUSTNA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLEY AS TRUSTEEOF FIDELITY& GU‐RANTYLIFE MORTGAGE TRUST2018-1 VERSUS CHARLESAL‐BERT MENDY

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-10703

Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 4 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐RIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

JUL30-SEP3-2T $91.95

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1508 LIZARDI ST,CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:ADMIN‐ISTRATOR,U.S SMALLBUSI‐NESS ADMINIS‐TRATION, AN AGENCY OF THEUNITED STATES GOV‐ERNMENTVER‐SUSDENISEG COUBAROUS STEVENSON A/K/ADENISE G. COUBAROUS A/K/ADENISEC STEVENSON A/K/A DENISE COUBAROUS A/K/A DENISE STEVENSON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3861

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1436 STRAND CT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOM‐PANY AS TRUSTEEFOR HOME EQUITY MORT‐GAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED TRUST, SERIES SPMD 2000-C, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES SPMD 2000-C VERSUS IVORY LEEAND DEMETRIALLEE (A/K/A DEMTRIAL CAL‐ISTE LEE)

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5127

2025-423

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable JudgesofCivil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

1446 HARRISON AV NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70122 LOTS 35 AND36 -SQUARE2875 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1165800 WRIT AMOUNT: $32,416.75

abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 31

THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373

COREYJ.GIROIR

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 3518 MONROE ST CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:LIBERTY BANK AND TRUSTCOM‐PANY VERSUS SANDRA AUBERT CADE andHERBERT A. CADE CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-7532

forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 2402 CALHOUN ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70118 LOT: A, SQUARE: 115 SIXTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1099144 WRIT AMOUNT: $41,172.62

p p cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

BT 25 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504838-7535 EMILYA MUELLER

(s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

JUL30-SEP3-2T $96.71

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1508 LIZARDI ST NEWORLEANS LA 70117 LOTS 1, 2& 3SQUARE 677 (OLD SQUARE 24) 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1380528 WRIT AMOUNT: $83,752.63

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1436 STRAND CT NEWORLEANS, LA 70117 LOTJ -SQUARE 571 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1453572 WRIT AMOUNT: $102,769.91

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐mentmustbe Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING.

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 15 ALBERTELLI LAW, P.A. 813221-4743 PENNY DAIGRE‐PONT

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025

sep3-oct 8-2t $88.24

PUBLIC NOTICE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

JUL30-SEP3-2T $92.48

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1869 N ROCHEBLAVE ST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:NAVY FEDERALCREDIT UNIONVERSUS

SHIRLEY AUBERT NEW‐MAN

CI VI L DI

CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-5905

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 3518 MONROE ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70118 LOT23- SQUARE 555 7THMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 204435 WRIT AMOUNT: $74,598.01

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

GH 10 GRAHAM,ARCE‐NEAUX& ALLEN, LLC504-5228256 FOERSTNERG MEYER

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

JUL30-SEP3-2T $91.95

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBERS838840 ELMIRA ST AND912-914 HOMERST, CITY OF NEWOR‐LEANS, IN THE MATTERENTI‐TLED:FAIRPORT ASSETMANAGE‐MENT II REO, LLC VERSUS GASTINELLEN‐TERPRISES, LLC ANDLORENZO EDDIS GASTINELL

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3982

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil DistrictCourt forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1869 N ROCHEBLAVE ST NEWORLEANS LA 70119 LOT13- SQUARE 1336

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACEMASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $91.95

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4829 MAJESTIC OAKS DRIVE, THIS CITY, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED: MORTGAGE AS‐SETS MANAGE‐MENT,LLC F/K/A REVERSEMORT‐GAGE SOLU‐TIONS, INC. VERSUS ESPY LOUIS CORNIN A/K/A ESPY L. CORNIN A/K/AESPY CORNIN AND THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF ANDUNKNOWN HEIRSOFBETTY J. CORNIN A/K/A BETTY J. CORNIN A/K/ABETTY CORNIN

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-3249

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 4214 ERATOST NEWORLEANS, LA 70125 SQUARE 506, LOT10 FIRSTMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQ MIN:1384574 WRIT AMOUNT:

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 19 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504831-7726

JEREMY L. NUS‐LOCH

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $96.71

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5923 PAINTERS STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FREE‐DOMMORT‐GAGE CORPORA‐TION VERSUS ERIKA SOLOMON, IN HEIR CAPACITY AS INDEPEN‐DENT ADMINIS‐TRATOR OF THE SUCCESSIONOF DONNA SOLOMON A/K/ADONNA SOLOMON CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3232

3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1305228 WRIT AMOUNT: $27,700.79

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans RB 29 NEWMAN, MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE, APLC 504-8379040 WAYNEMAIO‐RANA

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTION GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 15151517 HOMER STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:JPMOR‐GANCHASE BANK,NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATIONVERSUS DORISLEBLANC (A/K/A DORISWASH‐INGTON SMITH, DORISHENDER‐SON, DORIS WASHINGTON SMITH LEBLANC)

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-5638

JUL30-SEP3-2T $89.30

PUBLIC NOTICE

Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

$82,675.10

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be

RB 36 TREVATHAN LAWFIRM, APLC 225-334-9222 ALLISON BEASLEY

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

JUL30-SEP3-2T $95.66

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1446 HARRISONAV, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION VERSUS LOLA INEZ CUADRADO (A/K/A LOLA I. CUADRADO) CI VI

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 5923 PAINTERS ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70122 LOT: A, SQUARE: 4664 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1331786 WRIT AMOUNT: $148,343.61

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 8 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐RIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $87.71

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2402 CALHOUN STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:USAA FEDERALSAV‐INGS BANK VER‐SUSTHE UN‐OPENED SUC‐CESSIONOFPA‐TRICIA H. MCLAIN A/K/APATRICIA L. HALE AND THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF JAMESJ MCLAIN

CI VI L DI ST

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1515-1517 HOMERSTNEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 SQUARE 164, LOTN &O FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQ MIN:1234096 WRIT AMOUNT: $53,996.94

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 4829 MAJESTIC OAKS DR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 LOTS 15 &16, SQUARE 11 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1183305 MAJESTIC OAKS SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $96,286.09

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified Check or Money Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 838-840 ELMIRA ST 912-914 HOMERSTNEW ORLEANS, LA 70114 LOTS 11 AND PART OF 12SQUARE 145, OLDSQUARE22 5THMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1423158 WRIT AMOUNT: $172,590.52

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans RB 23 NEWMAN, MATHIS,BRADY &SPEDALE, APLC 504-8379040 WAYNEA.MAIO‐RANA,JR.

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $93.54

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 501 VERRETST, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED: NUBRIDGE COM‐MERCIALLEND‐INGLLC VERSUS WRIGHT HOUSES NOLA

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐posit of ten per‐f h

GH 17 LAWOFFICESOF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date

Seized in the

2025-3431

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground

floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 501VERRETST NEWORLEANS LA 70114 LOTS A& BSQUARE 92 5THMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1412108 WRIT AMOUNT:

$500,000.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans RB 13 JACKSON& MCPHERSON, LLC504-5819444 CRIS JACKSON

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

JUL30-SEP3-2T $87.71

PUBLIC NOTICE

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE AG‐GREGATION TRUSTVERSUS NEAUXLA SUITES,LLC

RI SH OF OR

AN S Case No: 2024-10344 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 1927 DUMAINE ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70116 LOT1 OR 20SQUARE 236 2NDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1444822 WRIT AMOUNT: $430,923.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

RB 11 JACKSON& MCPHERSON, LLC504-5819444 CRIS JACKSON

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1927 DUMAINE STREET,CITYOF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WILM‐INGTON SAV‐INGS FUND SO‐CIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UAL CAPACITY,BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEEFOR PUBLIC NOTICE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025 JUL30-SEP3-2T

$92.48

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4426 S. CARROLLTON

AV,CITYOFNEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WILM‐INGTON SAV‐INGS FUND SO‐CIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEEFOR IBIS HOLDINGS ATRUST VER‐SUSWATTS IN‐VESTMENTS

GROUP LLC, A/K/A WATTS INVEST‐MENT GROUP, LLCAND GEORGE WATTS A/K/AGEORGEJ WATTS

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-1519

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on September4, 2025,at12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 4426 SCAR‐ROLLTONAV NEWORLEANS, LA 70119 LOTX -SQUARE 759 1STMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1407094 WRIT AMOUNT: $421,742.11

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

RB 7 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s):

7/30/2025 & 9/3/2025

JUL30-SEP3-2T $95.66

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 8718 FORSHEY STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WELLS FARGOBANK, N.A. VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRSOFWAR‐RENK.HAGAN A/K/AWARREN HAGANA/K/A WARRENK HAGANAND THE UNOPENED SUC‐CESSION OF ANDUNKNOWN HEIR OF DORIS JOHNSON HAGANA/K/A DORISJOHNSON HAGANA/K/A DORISJ.HAGAN A/K/ADORIS HAGAN

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2020-1079

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictof theCity on October9, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 8718 FORSHEY ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70118 LOT: 5, SQUARE: 489 ACQMIN: 1080380 SEVENTHMU‐NICIPALDIS‐TRICT ACQMIN: 1080380 WRIT AMOUNT: $81,453.83

Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans GH 27

THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373

DENNISF.WIG‐GINS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025

sep3-oct 8-2t $99.36

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5700 LOUISPRIMA DR E, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:LAKE‐VIEW LOAN SER‐VICING,LLC VERSUS THE OPENED SUC‐CESSION OF WILBERT MITCHELL AND THEOPENED SUCCESSION OF ROCHELLA MITCHELL, (A/K/A ROCHELLA TURNER MITCHELL, ROCHELLA TURNER, ROCHELLA MARIETURNER MITCHELL, ROCHELLA MARIETURNER, ROCHELLA MARIE MITCHELL, ROCHELLE MITCHELL, ROCHELLE TURNER MITCHELL ROCHELLE TURNER ROCHELLE MITCHELL, ROCHELLE

MARIETURNER

MITCHELL, ROCHELLE MARIETURNER, ROCHELLE MARIE MITCHELL)

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-11767

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil

District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES ANDAPPURTE‐NANCES THERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORIN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THETHIRD DIS‐TRICTOFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF OR‐LEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN FAUBERGSUBDI‐VISION,BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF LOT4 A7, SECTION26 OF THE LAKRATTTRACT (F/K/A NEWOR‐LEANS LAKESHORE LAND COMPANYSUB‐DIVISION)AND ACCORDINGTO PLAN BY B.L. CARTER,C.E., DATED JANUARY5,1979 ANDDECEMBER 5, 1979, SAID LOTISDESIG‐NATEDAS: LOT 49, SQUARE B, AND IS BOUNDEDBY LOUISPRIMA DRIVEEAST, LOUISPRIMA DRIVE EAST/WEST LOUISPRIMA DRIVEEAST SIDE,LAKEFOR‐ESTBOULEVARD ANDLOUIS PRIMACOURT (SIDE).LOT 49 MEASURES THENCE 60 FEET FRONTON LOUISPRIMA COURTEAST, SAME WIDTHIN THEREAR, BY A DEPTHOF112.5 FEET BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES SAID LOT FORMSTHE COMEROF LOUISPRIMA DRIVE EAST ANDLAKE FOREST BOULE‐VARD.ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SURVEY OF EDWARD LCLIN‐TON, LAND SUR‐VEYOR, ATED MARCH15, 1984, ACOPYAN‐NEXEDTO ACTPASSEDBE‐FORE JOHN AE DAVIDSON,NP, DATEDMARCH 16, 1984. HAVING A MUNICIPALAD‐DRESSOF5700 LOUISPRIMA DRIVEEAST, NEWORLEANS, LA 70128.SAID MORTGAGE WAS FILEDOF

RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERKOF COURTFOR OR‐LEANSPARISH ON FEBRUARY 7, 2013 AT INSTRU‐MENT # 1114867. A CERTIFIEDCOPY OF THESAID MORTGAGE IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE APART HEREOF ANDTO WHICHSPECIAL REFERENCEIS MADE FOR MORE SPECIFIC PROOF (THE "MORT‐GAGE")

WRIT AMOUNT: $79,915.12

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH

Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 4 ALBERTELLI LAW, P.A. 813 221 4743 PENNY DAIGRE‐PONT

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $169.77

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

Case No: 2024-7921

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground floor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on October9 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

SAID LOTBEARS

THESAMELO‐CATION,BOUND‐ARIESAND MEASURMENTS AS STATED ABOVE.

THEIMPROVE‐MENTS THEREONBEAR THEMUNICIPAL NO.14. NEW BASINWAY NEW ORLEANS, LA 70124.

WHICHHAS THE ADDRESS OF 14 NEWBASIN WAY, NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70124

WRIT AMOUNT: $576,084.36

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty daysthereafter. Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 14 NEW BASINWAY, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:WILM‐INGTON TRUST, NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, AS SUCCESOR TRUSTEETO CITIBANK,N.A AS TRUSTEEFOR BEAR STEARNS ALTA TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006 7 VERSUS GRETA L. WILSON (A/K/A GRETA WILSON)

CI VI L DI ST

OR LE AN S

ONE(1) CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALLTILEBUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREONAND ALLTHE RIGHTS WAYS,PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVI‐TUDES, ADVANTAGES ANDAPPURTE‐NENCES THERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORINANY‐WISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THESECOND DISTICTOFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF OR‐LEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, PERPLANBY BFMCORPORA‐TION,DATED AUGUST 19, 1997 APPROVED.BY THE. CITY PLAN‐NING.COMMIS‐SION.REGIS‐TEREDIN INSTRUMENT NO.153056 N.A. 98 04645 AND. ACCORDINGTO SAID PLAN,SAID LOTIS DESIGNATED AS LOT13OF PONTCHAR‐TRAINPOINTE SUBDIVISION, BOUNDEDBY WEST END BLVD., ROBERT E. LEEBLVD, PONTCHAR‐TRAINBLVD. ANDCIVIL DE‐FENSE STATION(SIDE), SAID LOTISLO‐CATEDAND MEASURES AS FOLLOWS: LOT13, MEA‐SURES55.54' FEET FRONT ALONGANARC OF ACURVE ON NEWBASIN WAY, AWIDTH IN THEREAROF 55' FEET,BYA DEPTHOF 138.95' ON THE SIDELINE NEARER LOT14, ANDA DEPTH ON THEOPPO‐SITE SIDELINE OF 146.46' FEET IN FURTHERAC‐CORDANCE WITH ASURVEY OF GILBERT, KELLY& COU‐TURIE, INC., DATEDFEBRU‐ARY8,2006,

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certified CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

RB 18 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504 838 7535 AMYR.ORTIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 9/3/2025 & 10/8/2025 sep3-oct 8-2t $145.95

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